No contribution to liver fibrosis, but possible carcinogenesis?

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1468-1469

  Zhang, Da Wei ^a   Bian, Huijie ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

APOPTOSIS; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STELLATE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MESODERM; MICE;

EID: 77950614987     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23604     Document Type: Letter

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