Leptin administration exacerbates thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis in mice

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 4822-4826

  Dai, Kai ^a   Qi, Jun Ying ^a   Tian, De Ying ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Leptin; Liver fibrosis; 1(I) procollagen

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; LEPTIN; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFFIN; PICRIC ACID; PROCOLLAGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOACETAMIDE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HISTOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 24044520975     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i31.4822     Document Type: Article

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