Activated Human Hepatic Stellate Cells Promote Growth of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Subcutaneous Xenograft Nude Mouse Model

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 337-347

  Geng, Zhi min ^a   Li, Qing hua ^a   Li, Wen zhi ^a   Zheng, Jian bao ^a   Shah, Vijay ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic stellate cells; Hepatocellular carcinoma; PDGFR ; Tumor microenvironment; SMA

Indexed keywords

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; HEPG2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; STELLATE CELL; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84906272967     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-014-9918-3     Document Type: Article

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