Morphological and molecular pathology of CCL4-induced hepatic fibrosis in connexin43-deficient mice

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-429

  Cogliati, Bruno ^a   Da silva, Tereza Cristina ^a   Aloia, Thiago Pinheiro Arrais ^a   Chaible, Lucas Martins ^a   Real Lima, Mirela Aline ^a   Sanches, Daniel Soares ^a   Matsuzaki, Patrícia ^a   Hernandez Blazquez, Francisco Javier ^a   Dagli, Maria Lúcia Zaidan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Gap junctions; Hepatocellular injury; Liver fibrogenesis; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TISSUE;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONNEXIN43-DEFICIENT MICE; GAP-JUNCTIONS; HEPATIC FIBROSIS; HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATOCELLULAR INJURY; LIVER FIBROGENESIS; MESSENGER RNA; WILD TYPES; WOUND HEALING;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

MUS;

EID: 79954453232     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20926     Document Type: Article

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