Improvement of sepsis by hepatocyte growth factor, an anti-inflammatory regulator: Emerging insights and therapeutic potential

Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mizuno, Shinya ^a   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

EID: 84863349838     PISSN: 16876121     EISSN: 1687630X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/909350     Document Type: Review

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