Morphology of liver stellate cells and liver vitamin A content in 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl-treated rats

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 545-553

  Azaïs Braesco, Véronique ^a   Hautekeete, Marc L ^b   Dodeman, Isabelle ^a   Geerts, Albert ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Hepatocytes; Liver stellate cells; Myofibroblast; Vitamin A; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; ALPHA ACTIN; RETINOL; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STELLATE CELL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

EID: 0343488854     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80360-1     Document Type: Article

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