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Increased immunohistochemical expression of YKL-40 in the spleen of patients with portal hypertension
YKL-40 has been identified as a growth factor in connective tissue cells and also a migration factor in vascular smooth muscle cells. To a large extent, the increase of serum YKL-40 is attributed to liver fibrosis and asthma. However, the relationship of the expression and clinical/prognostic signif...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854199/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22267006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500010 |