Hedgehog signalling and LSEC capillarisation: Stopping this one in its tracks

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1243-1244

  Francis, Heather ^a,b,c   Bohanan, Jennifer ^a   Alpini, Gianfranco ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OSTEOPONTIN; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; MESENCHYME CELL; NOTE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBROSIS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84864984353     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302057     Document Type: Note

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