Vitamin A deficiency associated with enhanced proliferation of bile duct epithelial cells in the rat

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-86

  Weiss, Batia ^a,c   Barshack, Iris ^a,c   Onaca, Nicholas ^a,c   Goldberg, Iris ^a,c   Berkovich, Zippi ^b   Melzer, Ehud ^a,c   Jonas, Anita ^a,c   Reifen, Ram ^b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bile duct; Deficiency; Proliferation; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH STIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BILE DUCTS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGATION; LIVER; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77449152264     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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