Susceptibility to liver fibrosis in mice expressing a connective tissue growth factor transgene in hepatocytes

Hepatology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 939-947

  Tong, ZhenYue ^a   Chen, Ruju ^a   Alt, Daniel S ^a   Kemper, Sherri ^a   Perbal, Bernard ^b   Brigstock, David R ^a,c  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Universite Paris 1   (France)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GELATINASE A; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; CTGF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; INTOXICATION; ITO CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 70349235490     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23102     Document Type: Article

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