Smoothelin, a new marker to determine the origin of liver fibrogenic cells

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 9343-9350

  Lepreux, Sébastien ^a   Guyot, Christelle ^b,c   Billet, Fabrice ^d   Combe, Chantal ^b   Balabaud, Charles ^b   Bioulac Sage, Paulette ^b   Desmoulière, Alexis ^d  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d University of Limoges   (France)

Author keywords

Fibrosis cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Myofibroblasts; Smooth muscle cells; Smoothelin; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SMOOTHELIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROGENIC CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORING SYSTEM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

FIBROSIS/CIRRHOSIS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; MYOFIBROBLASTS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; SMOOTHELIN; Α-SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ACTINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINEAGE; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOFIBROBLASTS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84891375859     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9343     Document Type: Article

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