Article
Cell proliferation and advancement of hepatocarcinogenesis in the rat are associated with a decrease in connexin 32 expression.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jan 1995
Tsuda H, Asamoto M, Baba H, Iwahori Y, Matsumoto K, Iwase T, Nishida Y, Nagao S, Hakoi K, Yamaguchi S
Abstract excerpt
The expression of connexin 32 (Cx32), a major liver gap junction protein, after partial hepatectomy (PH) and during development and progression of hepatocarcinogenesis was studied in the rat. Cx32 was quantitatively analyzed by counting immunohistochemically demonstrated protein spots on the membranes of hepatocytes. Livers were sequentially examined after PH to assess the correlation with cell proliferation. For...
Topics
- Animals
- Bromodeoxyuridine
- Cell Division
- Connexins
- Disease Progression
- Hepatectomy
- Immunohistochemistry
- Liver
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental
- Male
- Phenotype
