Simultaneous transfer of vascular endothelial growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor genes effectively promotes liver regeneration after hepatectomy in cirrhotic rats

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 60, 2004, Pages 1641-1647

  Oe, Hideaki ^a   Kaido, Toshimi ^b   Furuyama, Hiroaki ^a   Mori, Akira ^a   Imamura, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OTSU MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Liver cirrhosis; Liver injury

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 6344227961     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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