Open AccessExpression changes of activin A in the development of hepatic fibrosis
Author(s) -
Xin Huang,
Ding Guo Li,
Zhi Rong Wang,
Hong Wang,
Jin-Wei Cheng,
Yu Zhan,
Xin Zhou,
Qin Xu,
Xin Li,
Lu Han
Publication year - 2001
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.v7.i1.37
Subject(s) - carbon tetrachloride , cirrhosis , immunohistochemistry , ccl4 , messenger rna , medicine , endocrinology , fibrosis , gene expression , hepatic fibrosis , chemistry , biology , pathology , gene , biochemistry , organic chemistry
To examine the expression of activin A, a member of the transforming growth factor (TGFbeta) superfamily, recently has been reported to be overexpressed in liver cirrhosis, in the course of carbon tetrachloride-induced rat hepatic fibrosis.