Hepatitis Cell Biology
Reports from Graduate School of Medicine describe recent advances in hepatitis cell biology
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 5th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Antinecrotic and antiapoptotic effects of hepatocyte growth factor on cholestatic hepatitis in a mouse model of bile-obstructive diseases. Cholestasis, an impairment of bile outflux, frequently occurs in liver diseases. In this process, an overaccumulation of bile acids causes hepatocyte necrosis and apoptosis, leading to advanced hepatitis," investigators in Suita, Japan report.
"Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is mitogenic toward hepatocytes, but it is still unclear whether HGF has physiological and therapeutic functions during the progression of cholestasis. Using anti-HGF IgG or recombinant HGF in mice that had undergone...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-03-05)
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