Gap junctions and non-neoplastic liver disease

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 655-662

  Vinken, Mathieu ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Connexin; Gap junction; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38;

BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOLESTASIS; CYTOPLASM; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CHOLESTASIS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 84865145049     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.02.036     Document Type: Review

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