Collagen formation is an important function of liver parenchymal cells that may be relevant to the pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis. The types of collagen synthesized by cultured normal rat liver hepatocytes were examined. Cells isolated from adult rats by enzymatic dispersion of the liver were esta
Synergistic Induction by Collagen and Fibronectin of Liver-Specific Genes in Rat Primary Cultured Hepatocytes
β Scribed by Hisako Ouchi; Kaoru Otsu; Takejiro Kuzumaki; Yoshihito Iuchi; Kiichi Ishikawa
- Book ID
- 115567282
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 156 KB
- Volume
- 358
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9861
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