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Identification of biliprotein as a liver growth factor
Author(s) -
DíazGil Juan J.,
Sánchez Gonzalo,
Trilla Carolina,
Escartín Pedro
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.488
H-Index - 361
eISSN - 1527-3350
pISSN - 0270-9139
DOI - 10.1002/hep.1840080308
Subject(s) - albumin , bilirubin , medicine , identification (biology) , chemistry , biology , botany
We determined the concentration of biliprotein in plasma of rats at different times after partial hepatectomy. From the same plasma samples, we purified a liver growth factor previously characterized by our group. When we plotted the 14 points studied, a linear relationship was obtained (r = 0.999; p < 0.001). This result, in addition to our group's recent identification of this liver growth factor as an albumin‐bilirubin complex, strongly suggests that biliprotein is a liver growth factor.