Liver Carcinogenesis : The Molecular Pathways Book

	Molecular pathways in hepatocyte proliferation	1
	HGF and liver growth regulation	13
	Structure, pleiotropic actions and organotrophic roles of hepatocyte growth factor	33
	Hepatocyte Growth Factor and its variant with a deletion of five amino-acids are distinguishable in biological, physicochemical and immunochemical properties	55
	Growth stimulation mediated by G protein-coupled receptors in hepatocytes: Synergism with epidermal growth factor and mechanisms of signal transduction	71
	Protein tyrosine phosphatases in signal transduction	93
	C-myc is essential for initiation of DNA synthesis in EGF-stimulated hepatocyte cultures	109
	Cellular biology of the rat hepatic stem cell compartment	129
	Changes in protein expression during oval cell proliferation in the liver	147
	Stem cell activation in the acetylaminofluorene-treated regenerating rat liver: A bile ductular reaction?	163
	Apoptosis and its role in hepatic carcinogenesis by non-genotoxic agents	181
	Cell proliferation and cell death in the liver: Patterns, mechanisms and measurements	197
	Preneoplastic changes during non-genotoxic hepatocarcinogenesis	215
	mRNA composition of rat liver tumors initiated by aromatic amines	231
	Liver [gamma]-Glutamyl transpeptidase activity after cyclosporine A and amlodipine treatment	249
	Enhanced expression of the 27KDa heat-shock protein during DENA-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in rat and in human neoplastic and non-neoplastic liver tissues	261
	Hepatic recovery of dimethylnitrosamine-cirrhotic rats after injection of the liver growth factor	275
	Cell contact-mediated regulation of hepatocyte differentiation/proliferation: Role of LRP(s)	287
	Interactions of human hepatocytes with hepatitis B virus	301
	Liver-specific aspects of hepatitis B virus gene expression	311
	Transcriptional involvement of the hepatitis B virus protein in cellular transduction systems. Protein-protein interactions with bZip transactivators	341
	Role of duck hepatitis B virus infection, aflatoxin B[subscript 1] and p53 mutation in hepatocellular carcinomas of ducks	359
	The preparation and culturing of rat hepatocytes	373
	Isolation and growth of hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells from normal and diseased human livers	389
	A novel strategy for isolating HEPR, a human small intestinal cytidine deaminase	411
	Regenerating liver: Isolation of up- and down-regulated gene products	421
	Hepatotrophic and renotrophic activities of HGF in vivo: Possible application of HGF for hepatic and renal diseases	435
	Targeted gene delivery and expression	449
	Studies on persistence and enhancement of targeted gene expression	457
	The generation of tumor vaccines by adenovirus-enhanced transferrinfection of cytokine genes into tumor cells	467
	Subject Index	481