A potent angiogenic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, improves the survival of the on-going acute hepatic failure in rats

Hepatology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-203

  Namisaki, Tadashi ^a   Yoshiji, Hitoshi ^a   Kuriyama, Shigeki ^b   Kojima, Hideyuki ^a   Yoshii, Junichi ^a   Ikenaka, Yasuhide ^a   Noguchi, Ryuichi ^a   Sakurai, Shinya ^a   Yanase, Koji ^a   Kitade, Mitsuteru ^a   Yamazaki, Masaharu ^a   Asada, Kiyoshi ^a   Tsujimoto, Tatsuhiro ^a   Akahane, Takemi ^a   Uemura, Masahito ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic failure; Liver regeneration; Neovascularization; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; GALACTOSAMINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; INJURY SEVERITY; INTOXICATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33745685584     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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