Expression of hepatocyte growth factor mRNA in rat liver cirrhosis induced by N-nitrosodimethylamine as evidenced by in situ RT-PCR

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1461-1468

  Hata, Junko ^a   Ikeda, Etsuko ^a   Uno, Hiroshi ^a   Asano, Satoshi ^a  

^a TEIJIN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

HGF; In situ RT PCR; Ito cells; Kupffer cells; Sinusoidal endothelial cells; TGF

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; ITO CELL; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036866389     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540205001105     Document Type: Article

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