Anti-fibrotic effects of fresh and cryopreserved human amniotic membrane in a rat liver fibrosis model

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 475-488

  Ricci, Emanuele ^a   Vanosi, Graziella ^b   Lindenmair, Andrea ^c,d   Hennerbichler, Simone ^d   Peterbauer Scherb, Anja ^d   Wolbank, Susanne ^c   Cargnoni, Anna ^a   Signoroni, Patrizia Bonassi ^a   Campagnol, Marino ^b   Gabriel, Christian ^d   Redl, Heinz ^c   Parolini, Ornella ^a  

^a Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL TRAUMATOLOGY   (Austria)

^d Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service of Upper Austria Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bile duct ligation; Collagen content; Cryopreservation; Digital image analysis; Human amniotic membrane; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881478969     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-012-9337-x     Document Type: Article

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