Reduced liver injury in the interleukin-6 knockout mice by chronic carbon tetrachloride administration

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 306-316

  Rio A ^a,b,e   Gassull, M A ^a,b   Aldeguer, X ^c   Ojanguren, I ^a   Cabre E ^a,b   Fernandez E ^b,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Carretera de Can Ruti   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fibrosis; Interleukin 6; Nuclear factor kappa B; Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BROXURIDINE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; STAT3 PROTEIN;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NF-KAPPA B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 41749123713     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2008.01939.x     Document Type: Article

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