Hepatocyte growth factor and transforming growth factor β1 contribute to regeneration of small-for-size liver graft immediately after transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 814-819

  Ninomiya, Mizuki ^a   Harada, Noboru ^a   Shiotani, Satoko ^a   Hiroshige, Shoji ^a   Minagawa, Ryosuke ^a   Soejima, Yuji ^a   Suehiro, Taketoshi ^a   Nishizaki, Takashi ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT volumetry; Liver regeneration; Regeneration rates; Small grafts

Indexed keywords

SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 0345530047     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00147-003-0628-9     Document Type: Article

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