Open AccessExpression of growth hormone receptor and its mRNA in hepatic cirrhosis
Author(s) -
Hongtao Wang,
Shuang Chen,
Jie Wang,
Qing-Jia Ou,
Chao Liu,
Shu-Sen Zheng,
M. C. Deng,
Xiaoping Li
Publication year - 2003
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.v9.i4.765
Subject(s) - growth hormone receptor , cirrhosis , medicine , endocrinology , thioacetamide , receptor , hepatocyte , messenger rna , collagenase , biology , hormone , growth hormone , in vitro , gene , biochemistry , enzyme
To investigate the expression of growth hormone receptor (GHR) and mRNA of GHR in cirrhotic livers of rats with the intension to find the basis for application of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) to patients with liver cirrhosis.