Effects of estradiol on liver estrogen receptor-α and its mRNA expression in hepatic fibrosis in rats

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 250-254

  Xu, Jun Wang ^a   Gong, Jun ^b   Chang, Xin Ming ^a   Luo, Jin Yan ^b   Dong, Lei ^b   Jia, Ai ^a   Xu, Gui Ping ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARACHIS OIL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

EID: 1042292685     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i2.250     Document Type: Article

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