Inhibition of experimentally-induced liver cirrhosis in rats by a nonpeptidic mimetic of the extracellular matrix-associated Arg-Gly-Asp epitope

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 731-738

  Bruck, Rafael ^a,c   Hershkoviz, Rami ^a   Lider, Ofer ^a   Aeed, Hussein ^a   Zaidel, Liliana ^a   Matas, Zipora ^b   Barg, Jacob ^a   Halpern, Zamir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Fibronectin; Liver fibrosis; RGD analogue; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 18744431251     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80270-4     Document Type: Article

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