Recent advances in the morphological and functional heterogeneity of the biliary epithelium

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 238, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 549-565

  Han, Yuyan ^a   Glaser, Shannon ^a,b,c   Meng, Fanyin ^a,b,c,d   Francis, Heather ^a,b,c,d   Marzioni, Marco ^e   McDaniel, Kelly ^b,c   Alvaro, Domenico ^f,g   Venter, Julie ^a   Carpino, Guido ^h   Onori, Paolo ^g   Gaudio, Eugenio Gaudio ^g   Alpini, Gianfranco ^a,b,c   Franchino, Antonio ^g  

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

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of Research and Education   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^f University Polo Pontino   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Camp; Gastrointestinal hormones; Growth factors; Neurotransmitters; Vegf

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CLENBUTEROL; CXCL16 CHEMOKINE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; CYTOKERATIN 7; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FOLLITROPIN; FORSKOLIN; GASTRIN; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN S 100; SECRETIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; EPITHELIUM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VASCULARIZATION;

BILE DUCTS; CAMP; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; VEGF;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; HUMANS; NEUROPEPTIDES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84881606187     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1535370213489926     Document Type: Review

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