Regulators of cholangiocyte proliferation

Gene Expression

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 155-171

  Hall, Chad ^a,b,c   Sato, Keisaku ^b   Wu, Nan ^b   Zhou, Tianhao ^b   Kyritsi, Konstantina ^b   Meng, Fanyin ^a,b,c   Glaser, Shannon ^a,b,c   Alpini, Gianfranco ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary epithelium; Cholangiopathies; Cholestasis; Liver damage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; ANGIOPOIETIN; BICARBONATE; BILE ACID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GASTRIN; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GONADORELIN; HISTAMINE; MELATONIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLANGIOCYTE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BILE DUCT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85014836283     PISSN: 10522166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/105221616X692568     Document Type: Review

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