Transforming growth factor-α accelerates hepatocyte repopulation after hepatocyte transplantation

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-266

  Kosone, Takashi ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a   Horiguchi, Norio ^a   Kakizaki, Satoru ^a   Sato, Ken ^a   Watanabe, Yoshifumi ^b   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hepatocyte transplantation; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; METALLOTHIONEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 39149099087     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05041.x     Document Type: Article

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