Dynamic changes in the collagen metabolism of liver fibrosis at the transcription level in rabbits with Schistosomiasis japonica

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1637-1640

  Chen, Feng ^a   Cai, Weimin ^a   Chen, Zhi ^a   Chen, Xiangming ^b   Liu, Ronghua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Collagen; Liver fibrosis; Schistosomiasis japonica

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGENASE; GELATINASE B; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FIBROGENESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036864074     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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