Hepatocyte growth factor and c-Met expression in rat and human liver fibrosis

Liver International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-344

  Cramer, Thorsten ^a,b   Schuppan, Detief ^c   Bauer, Michael ^c   Pfander, David ^c   Neuhaus, Peter ^b   Herbst, Hermann ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile duct proliferation; C Met; Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cells; Hepatocyte growth factor

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MITOGENIC AGENT; RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MITOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TIME;

EID: 4444332899     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2004.0926.x     Document Type: Article

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