Ultrastructural changes in hepatocytes after taurine treatment in CCI4 induced liver injury

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 4897-4902

  Tasci, Ilker ^a   Mas, Nuket ^b   Mas, Mehmet Refik ^a   Tuncer, Murvet ^c   Comert, Bilgin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte; Liver fibrosis; Taurine; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; PLACEBO; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAURINE;

EID: 55449130170     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4897     Document Type: Article

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