The Tissue Biology of Ductular Reactions in Human Chronic Liver Disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 350-352

  Theise, Neil D ^a   Kuwahara, Reichiro ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL AGING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FATTY LIVER; FIBROGENESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEPATIC DUCT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 34447099725     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.05.040     Document Type: Editorial

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