Osteopontin: a new player in regulating hepatic ductular reaction and hepatic progenitor cell responses during chronic liver injury

Gut. 2014 Nov;63(11):1693-4. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-307712. Epub 2014 Jul 23.

Authors

Mario Strazzabosco¹, Luca Fabris², Emanuele Albano³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy Section of Digestive Diseases, Liver Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
² Section of Digestive Diseases, Liver Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua School of Medicine, Italy.
³ Department of Health Sciences, University "A, Avogadro" of East Piedmont, Novara, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: BILIARY EPITHELIUM; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; LIVER REGENERATION.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Animals
Hepatic Duct, Common / pathology*
Liver Cirrhosis / pathology*
Liver Cirrhosis / physiopathology*
Osteopontin / physiology*
Transforming Growth Factor beta / metabolism*

Substances

Transforming Growth Factor beta
Osteopontin

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