Intracrine signalling of activin A in hepatocytes upregulates connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) expression. [electronic resource]
- Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver Nov 2008
- 1207-16 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
1478-3231
10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01729.x doi
Activins--metabolism Animals Autocrine Communication Carbon Tetrachloride--toxicity Cells, Cultured Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury--metabolism Connective Tissue Growth Factor--metabolism Hepatocytes--metabolism Immunohistochemistry Male Paracrine Communication Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Smad2 Protein--metabolism Smad3 Protein--metabolism Up-Regulation