Roles of naofen, a novel WD-repeat-2 protein, in the CCl4-treated livers - A possible relationship to cell proliferation

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 587, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 285-290

  An, Jun ^a   Tsunekawa, Koji ^a   Feng, Guo Gang ^a   Li, Chang ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Ito, Yoshitake ^a   Sugiyama, Satoru ^a   Kurokawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Koide, Tatsuro ^b   Nonami, Toshiaki ^a   Ishikawa, Naohisa ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Paclitaxel; Partial hepatectomy; Regeneration; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NAOFEN; PACLITAXEL; VASCULOTROPIN; WD REPEAT 2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CELL COUNT; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KINETICS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MITOSIS; PACLITAXEL; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 44149108885     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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