Functional response of hepatocytes transplanted into Gunn rats stimulated with thyroid hormone

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 210-216

  Cubero, Francisco J ^a   Maganto, Paloma ^a   Mula, Nieves ^a   Ortiz, Agustín ^b   Barrutia, Maria G ^b   Codesal, Francisco J ^c   Arahuetes, Rosa M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gunn rat; Hepatocyte; Transplantation; Triiodothyronine; UDP glucuronosyl transferase

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS CELL; GUNN RAT; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOGRAFT; LIVER FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BILE; BILIRUBIN; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; RATS; RATS, GUNN; SPLEEN; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 33846277648     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9614-2     Document Type: Article

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