Effect of β-elemene on the expression of transforming growth factor-β1, α-smooth muscle actin and collagen-I in rats with hepatic fbrosis

World Chinese Journal of Digestology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1324-1330

  Hu, Sheng Jun ^a   Yang, Ling ^a   Zhu, Qing Jing ^b   Peng, Han Guang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b First Hospital of Wuhan   (China)

Author keywords

Collagen I; Immunohistochemistry; Liver fbrosis; smooth muscle actin; elemene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922686949     PISSN: 10093079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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