Involvement of signaling of VEGF and TGF-β in differentiation of sinusoidal endothelial cells during culture of fetal rat liver cells
✍ Scribed by Masayuki Yoshida; Yuji Nishikawa; Yasufumi Omori; Toshiaki Yoshioka; Takuo Tokairin; Peter McCourt; Katsuhiko Enomoto
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 668 KB
- Volume
- 329
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-766X
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