Endogenous α-calcitonin gene-related peptide mitigates liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis induced by repeated administration of concanavalin A

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 642-649

  Kamiyoshi, Akiko ^a   Sakurai, Takayuki ^a   Ichikawa Shindo, Yuka ^a   Iinuma, Nobuyoshi ^a   Kawate, Hisaka ^a   Yoshizawa, Takahiro ^a   Koyama, Teruhide ^a   Muto, Shin Ichi ^b   Shindo, Takayuki ^a,c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CGRP; Concanavalin A; Fibrosis; Knockout mouse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CONCANAVALIN A;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL LINE; CONCANAVALIN A; DNA PRIMERS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC, DRUG-INDUCED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 64749106727     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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