Embryology of extra- and intrahepatic bile ducts, the ductal plate

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 628-635

  Roskams, Tania ^a   Desmet, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Hepatic; Liver

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CATENIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN 1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN PROX1; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN ALPHA; TISSUE POLYPEPTIDE ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXF1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIVERTICULOSIS; DUCTAL PLATE MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DIVERTICULOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER STRUCTURE; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHENOTYPE; PORTAL VEIN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEPATIC DUCT; LIVER; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

HEPATICA;

BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINS; LIVER;

EID: 45849089573     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20710     Document Type: Article

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