Hepatic regeneration and the epithelial to mesenchymal transition

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1380-1386

  Xue, Zeng Fu ^a   Wu, Xiu Min ^a   Liu, Ming ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition like; Fibrosis; Hepatocyte; Hepatocyte stellate cells; Liver; Regeneration; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALVASCULIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYTOKERATIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; SCATTER FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER REGENERATION; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84875094295     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i9.1380     Document Type: Article

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