Osteopontin expression is associated with hepatopathologic changes in Schistosoma japonicum infected mice

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 5075-5082

  Chen, Bo Lin ^a   Zhang, Gui Ying ^a   Yuan, Wei Jian ^a   Wang, Shi Ping ^a   Shen, Yue Ming ^b   Yan, Lu ^a   Gu, Huan ^a   Li, Jia ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGSHA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

BALB C mice; Granuloma; Liver fibrosis; Osteopontin; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOPONTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; STELLATE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 83155165359     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i46.5075     Document Type: Article

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