Human hepatic met-enkephalin and delta opioid receptor-1 immunoreactivities in viral and autoimmune hepatitis

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-225

  Boyella, Vijaya D ^a   Nicastri, Anthony D ^a   Bergasa, Nora V ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WOODHULL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta opioid receptor; Hepatitis C; Interferon treatment; Met enkephalin; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; INTERFERON; METENKEPHALIN; MORPHINE;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER REGENERATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 50849143493     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31851-4     Document Type: Article

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