Altered aquaporin expression and role in apoptosis during hepatic stellate cell activation

Liver International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-51

  Lakner, Ashley M ^a   Walling, Tracy L ^b   McKillop, Iain H ^b   Schrum, Laura W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Aquaporin; Fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cell; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 1; AQUAPORIN 12; AQUAPORIN 5; AQUAPORIN 8; AQUAPORIN 9; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AQUAPORINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; MALE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; OSMOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 78650125637     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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