C/EBPα knock-in hepatocytes exhibit increased albumin secretion and urea production

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-435

  Tan, Ee Hong ^a   Ma, Feng Juan ^a   Gopinadhan, Suma ^a   Sakban, Rashida Binte ^a   Wang, Nai Dy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Albumin secretion; C EBP knock in hepatocytes; CCAAT enhancer binding protein ; Mouse; Urea production

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ARGINASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UREA CYCLE; WILD TYPE;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MICE; UREA;

MUS;

EID: 36048932080     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0505-4     Document Type: Article

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