Ursolic acid enhances mouse liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-528

  Jin, Yong Ri ^a   Jin, Jing Ling ^a,b   Li, Cheng Hao ^a   Piao, Xi Xu ^a   Jin, Nan Ge ^a  

^a YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C EBP; Liver partial hepatectomy; Mice

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN BETA; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN E; RECOMBINANT SCATTER FACTOR; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER WEIGHT TO BODY WEIGHT RATIO; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-ALPHA; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-BETA; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN E; DNA REPLICATION; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; TRITERPENES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84863286068     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.611143     Document Type: Article

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