Induction of HGF and VEGF in hepatic regeneration after hepatotoxin-induced cirrhosis in mice

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 107-108, 2011, Pages 971-979

  Tekkesin, Nilgün ^a   Taga, Yavuz ^b   Sav, Aydin ^b   Almaata, Idil ^c   Ibrisim, Duygu ^d  

^a Memorial Hospital   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Institute for Neurology Research   (Turkey)

^d Memorial Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Cirrhosis; D galactosamine; Dimethylnitrosamine; Fibrosis; Hepatic regeneration

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE DEMETHYLASE; GALACTOSAMINE; SCATTER FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GALACTOSAMINE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 80051608641     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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