Impaired balance of T helper 17/T regulatory cells in carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in mice

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2062-2070

  Sun, Xiao Fei ^a   Gu, Lei ^a   Deng, Wen Sheng ^a   Xu, Qing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cell; T helper 17 cell; Treg cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CYTOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; STELLATE CELL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84894566585     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i8.2062     Document Type: Article

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