Connective tissue growth factor expression is increased in biliary epithelial cells in biliary atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1721-1725

  Narkewicz, Michael R ^a,b,c   Kasaragod, Arvind ^a,b   Lucia, M Scott ^b   Pflummer, Sean ^b   Sokol, Ronald J ^a,b   Stenmark, Kurt R ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Connective tissue growth factor; Hepatic fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STELLATE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 27744606291     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.07.056     Document Type: Article

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