Ursodeoxycholic acid therapy attenuated expression of adhesion molecule in primary biliary cirrhosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1259-1261

  Yokomori, Hiroaki ^a   Oda, Masaya ^b   Wakabayashi, Go ^b   Kitajima, Masaki ^b   Ishii, Hiromasa ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecule; PBC; UDCA

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BILE COMPOSITION; BILE DUCT; BILE FLOW; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER SINUSOID; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 1642504302     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1259     Document Type: Article

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