Serum interleukin-18 during liver regeneration

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 76, 2007, Pages

  Shiraki, Katsuya ^a   Yamaguchi, Yumi ^a   Uemoto, Shinji ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; FAS LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; RIBAVIRIN; SCATTER FACTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LETTER; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION;

HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-18; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 34347335827     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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