Down-regulation of Wnt signaling during apoptosis of human hepatic stellate cells

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 89, 2009, Pages 208-212

  Shin, Hye Won ^a   Park, Soo Young ^a   Lee, Kyouag Bun ^a   Jang, Ja June ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Curcumin; Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cells; Microarray

Indexed keywords

AXIN; FLICE INHIBITORY PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL;

APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERASE; UP-REGULATION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 64949101091     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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