Open AccessAmelioration of carbon tetrachloride-induced cirrhosis and portal hypertension in rat using adenoviral gene transfer of Akt
Author(s) -
Gang Deng,
Xiangjun Huang,
Heng Luo,
Feizhou Huang,
Xunyang Liu,
Yongheng Wang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i43.7778
Subject(s) - protein kinase b , cirrhosis , microbiology and biotechnology , carbon tetrachloride , hepatitis c virus , enos , alanine transaminase , biology , chemistry , virus , medicine , endocrinology , phosphorylation , nitric oxide synthase , virology , nitric oxide , biochemistry , organic chemistry
To investigate whether a virus constitutively expressing active Akt is useful to prevent cirrhosis induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4).