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Title: EFFECTS OF S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE ON COLLAGEN EXPRESSION IN ACTIVATED HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS
Author: Thompson, Kyle
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Cytology
Description: Liver fibrosis is defined as the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) components, which can disrupt the normal liver microcirculation and lead to injury. Unresolved, hepatic fibrosis can progress to cirrhosis, an end-state liver di...

Title: Production of Immunomodulatory Proteins in Glycine max for use in Diagnostics and as Therapeutics
Author: Powell, Rebecca
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology
Description: ABSTRACTREBECCA DIANE POWELL. Production of Immunomodulatory Proteins in Glycine max for Use in Diagnostics and as Therapeutics. (Under the direction of DR. KENNETH L. BOST) Immunomodulatory proteins can be utilized in diagnostic assays, as tolera...

Title: ROLE OF AQUAPORINS DURING HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA INITIATION AND PROGRESSION
Author: Mattocks, Matthew
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Cytology, Oncology
Description: Aquaporins (AQPs) are ubiquitously expressed proteinaceous water channels involved in numerous physiological processes including bile production and apoptosis. Aquaporins 8 and 9 are expressed in hepatocytes, and are down regulated in a rat model ...