Effect of the immunosuppressants on hepatocyte proliferation and apoptosis in a young animal model of liver regeneration: An immunohistochemical study using tissue microarrays

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-46

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SIZE; LIVER WEIGHT; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLOSPORINE; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; TACROLIMUS; WEANING;

EID: 37849013548     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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