GFAP expression in the liver as an early marker of stellate cells activation

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 193-207

  Morini, Sergio ^a   Carotti, Simone ^a   Carpino, Guido ^b   Franchitto, Antonio ^b   Corradini, Stefano Ginanni ^b   Merli, Manuela ^b   Gaudio, Eugenio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha smooth muscle actin; Endothelial cells; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; Hepatic stellate cells; Liver cirrhosis; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS;

EID: 33644596998     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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