Vacuolation in hepatocyte nuclei is a marker of senescence

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 557-560

  Aravinthan, Aloysious ^a   Verma, Suman ^a   Coleman, Nick ^b   Davies, Susan ^a   Allison, Michael ^a   Alexander, Graeme ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN P21;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR VACUOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HISTONES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VACUOLES;

EID: 84861830337     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2011-200641     Document Type: Article

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