Notch signaling and progenitor/ductular reaction in steatohepatitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Morell, Carola M ^a,d   Fiorotto, Romina ^a,b   Meroni, Marica ^a,e   Raizner, Aileen ^b,f   Torsello, Barbara ^a   Cadamuro, Massimiliano ^a   Spagnuolo, Gaia ^a   Kaffe, Eleanna ^b   Sutti, Salvatore ^c   Albano, Emanuele ^c   Strazzabosco, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN JAGGED 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATIC PROGENITOR CELL; HEPATIC STELLATE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LIVER CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; NOTCH SIGNALING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DIET; FATTY LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; DIET; FATTY LIVER; HEPATOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 85034113997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187384     Document Type: Article

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