P2X7 blockade attenuates mouse liver fibrosis

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-62

  Huang, Changshan ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Cui, Hong ^a   Wang, Yunjian ^a   Zhang, Ling ^a   Han, Feng ^a   Huang, Tao ^a  

^a Henan Provincial Cancer Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Inflammation; Liver fibrosis; P2X7

Indexed keywords

ACTINS; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NF-KAPPA B; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X7; TETRAZOLES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84893865951     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1807     Document Type: Article

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