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" Liver growth and repair. "
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BL
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| Record Number
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735097
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b554932
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Liver growth and repair.
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| Publication Statement
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[Place of publication not identified]: Springer, 2013
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| ISBN
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9401149321
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: 9789401149327
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| Contents
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Preface. Section A: Liver growth and development. Rodent/stem cells. Human. Following carcinogenesis. Following partial hepatectomy. Following injury. Section B: Non-parenchymal cells. Biliary epithelial cells. Lipocytes. Kupffer cells/sinusoidal endothelial cells. Section C: Early molecular events. Proto-oncogenes/transcription factors. Cyclins/gap junctions. MAP kinase/G proteins, etc. Section D: Growth factors and their receptors. EGF/TGFalpha family. FGF. HGF. HSS and other factors. Cytokines. Activin/TGFb and other inhibitors. Section E: Extra-cellular matrix regulation of growth factor activity. Porteoglycans. Collagens. Basement membrane. Co-culture and 3 dimensional cell culture models. Section F: In vivo models. Biological activity of growth factors in vivo. Transgenic animal models. Gene knockout animal models. Section G: Clinical aspects. Human liver growth and fulminant hepatic failure. Human liver growth in fibrosis/cirrhosis. Hepatocyte transplantation. Artificial liver support. Hepatic gene therapy.
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QP185.L584 2013
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