Embryonic stem cells reduce liver fibrosis in CCl4-treated mice

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 401-409

  Moriya, Kei ^a   Yoshikawa, Masahide ^a   Ouji, Yukiteru ^a   Saito, Ko ^a   Nishiofuku, Mariko ^a   Matsuda, Ryosuke ^a   Ishizaka, Shigeaki ^a   Fukui, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; DlK 1; Embryonic stem cells; Hepatoblast; Intrasplenic transplantation; Liver fibrosis; Metalloproteinase

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GELATINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN;

EID: 55649085706     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2008.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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