Gas6 deficiency prevents liver inflammation, steatohepatitis, and fibrosis in mice

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Fourcot, Agnès ^a,b   Couchie, Dominique ^a,b   Chobert, Marie Noele ^a,b   Zafrani, Elie Serge ^a,b,c   Mavier, Philippe ^a,b   Laperche, Yannick ^a,b   Brouillet, Arthur ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Axl; CDE diet; Chronic liver diseases; Liver progenitor cells; Macrophages

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHOLINE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; ETHIONINE; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FATTY LIVER; FIBROGENESIS; HEPATITIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TISSUE INJURY; WILD TYPE;

EID: 79957955754     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00311.2010     Document Type: Article

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