Exogenous thyroid hormone induces liver enlargement, whilst maintaining regenerative potential - A study relevant to donor preconditioning

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1801-1807

  Malik, Raza ^a   Habib, Mohammed ^a   Tootle, Rosemary ^a   Hodgson, Humphrey ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional capacity; Galactose elimination capacity; Hepatocyte proliferation; Partial hepatectomy; T3; Tri iodothyronine

Indexed keywords

DNA; GALACTOSE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GALACTOSE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTES; HEPATOMEGALY; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 22844445140     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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