Liver regeneration in surgical animal models - A historical perspective and clinical implications

European Surgical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Mortensen, K E ^a   Revhaug, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal models; Experimental research; Liver regeneration; Partial hepatectomy; Split liver

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN 1; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; GELATINASE B; GROWTH FACTOR; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; ONCOSTATIN M; OXYGEN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UROKINASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ALLOXAN DIABETES MELLITUS; ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DOG; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MODEL; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LIVER; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PORTAL VEIN ARTERIALIZATION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; THEORY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER REGENERATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 78649699919     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321361     Document Type: Review

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