GFAP promoter directs lacZ expression specifically in a rat hepatic stellate cell line

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 723-730

  Maubach, Gunter ^a   Lim, Michelle Chin Chia ^a   Zhang, Chun Yan ^a   Zhuo, Lang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Fibrosis; GFAP; Hepatic stellate cells; LacZ; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; STAINING; STELLATE CELL; TARGET CELL; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 33644896789     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i5.723     Document Type: Article

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