AT1A-deficient mice show less severe progression of liver fibrosis induced by CCl4

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 177-183

  Kanno, Keishi ^a   Tazuma, Susumu ^b   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II type 1 receptor; Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatic stellate cells; Knockout mouse; Liver fibrosis; Renin angiotensin system; Transforming growth factor ; Tumor necrosis factor ; Smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FIBROGENESIS; HEPATITIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0041347547     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01357-3     Document Type: Article

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