Hedgehog pathway activation parallels histologic severity of injury and fibrosis in human nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1711-1721

  Guy, Cynthia D ^a   Suzuki, Ayako ^a   Zdanowicz, Marzena ^a   Abdelmalek, Manal F ^a   Burchette, James ^a   Unalp, Aynur ^b   Diehl, Anna Mae ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MYOFIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBROBLASTS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84861573996     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25559     Document Type: Article

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