Effect of the immunosuppressants on hepatocyte cells proliferation and apoptosis during liver regeneration after hepatectomy - Molecular studies

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Tannuri, Uenis ^a   Tannuri, Ana Cristina A ^a   Coelho, Maria Cecília M ^a   Mello, Evandro S ^a   Dos Santos, Neide Aparecida S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal; Cyclosporine; Immunosuppressive treatment; Liver transplantation; Steroids; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLOSPORINE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 37849013433     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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