Phenotypic change in portal fibroblasts in biliary fibrosis.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0676.1994.tb00051.x

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Phenotypic change in portal fibroblasts in biliary fibrosis.

Liver - 1 Apr 1994

Tang L, Tanaka Y, Marumo F, Sato C

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Portal fibroblasts have been considered responsible for biliary fibrosis. Since lipocytes show differentiation toward myofibroblast-like cells in hepatic fibrogenesis, we studied whether similar differentiation of portal fibroblasts could be observed in biliary fibrosis. We examined rat livers af...

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Actins
Animals
Cholestasis, Extrahepatic
Desmin
Fibroblasts
Fibrosis
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Male
Phenotype
Portal System
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley

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