The role of retinoic acid receptors in activated hepatic stellate cells

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 222-224

  Mezaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Morii, Mayako ^a   Hebiguchi, Taku ^a   Yoshikawa, Kiwamu ^a   Yamaguchi, Noriko ^a   Yoshino, Hiroaki ^a   Senoo, Haruki ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 1; FAT DROPLET; LECITHIN RETINOL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; ITO CELL; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL; UPREGULATION;

HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID;

EID: 84880040484     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.04.045     Document Type: Article

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