Hepatocyte growth factor accelerates the proliferation of hepatic oval cells and possibly promotes the differentiation in a 2-acetylaminofluorene/ partial hepatectomy model in rats

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1753-1761

  Hasuike, Satoru ^a   Ido, Akio ^b   Uto, Hirofumi ^a   Moriuchi, Akihiro ^b   Tahara, Yoshihiro ^a   Numata, Masatsugu ^b   Nagata, Kenji ^a   Hori, Takeshi ^a   Hayashi, Katsuhiro ^a   Tsubouchi, Hirohito ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 acetylaminofluorene; Differentiation; Hepatocyte growth factor; Oval cell; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE; RECOMBINANT SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; ALBUMINOID; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HNF4A PROTEIN, RAT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; OVAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; FISCHER 344 RAT; HUMAN; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; TIME;

2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE; ALBUMINS; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE;

EID: 33644788092     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03922.x     Document Type: Article

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