2008
Biliary and Pancreatic Dysgenesis in Mice Harboring a Mutation in Pkhd1
Gallagher AR, Esquivel EL, Briere TS, Tian X, Mitobe M, Menezes LF, Markowitz GS, Jain D, Onuchic LF, Somlo S. Biliary and Pancreatic Dysgenesis in Mice Harboring a Mutation in Pkhd1. American Journal Of Pathology 2008, 172: 417-429. PMID: 18202188, PMCID: PMC2312372, DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBile DuctsBiliary TractBlotting, SouthernBlotting, WesternCiliaDisease Models, AnimalHumansImmunohistochemistryIn Situ HybridizationKidney Tubules, ProximalLiver DiseasesMiceMice, Mutant StrainsMutationPancreatic DiseasesPolycystic Kidney, Autosomal RecessiveReceptors, Cell SurfaceReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionConceptsPolycystic kidney diseaseAutosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseaseRecessive polycystic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseMouse modelCommon bile duct dilationBile duct dilationBile duct proliferationAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseProgressive cyst formationDistal nephron segmentsDominant polycystic kidney diseaseExtrahepatic manifestationsDuct dilationBiliary tractPeriportal fibrosisDuct proliferationBile ductFibrocystic diseaseOrthologous modelPancreatic cystsProximal tubulesMice harboringSusceptibility of tissuesNephron segments
2007
Prevention of liver fibrosis by the purinoceptor antagonist pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonate (PPADS).
Dranoff JA, Kruglov EA, Abreu-Lanfranco O, Nguyen T, Arora G, Jain D. Prevention of liver fibrosis by the purinoceptor antagonist pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonate (PPADS). In Vivo 2007, 21: 957-65. PMID: 18210741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCarbon Tetrachloride PoisoningEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayLiver CirrhosisMaleMicroscopy, ConfocalPurinergic AntagonistsPyridoxal PhosphateRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionConceptsHepatic stellate cellsBile duct ligationLiver fibrosisDuct ligationPurinergic receptorsCommon bile duct ligationEffect of PPADSPurinergic receptor inhibitorsDevelopment of cirrhosisHSC proliferationEffective pharmacologic treatmentExperimental liver fibrosisAnnexin V flow cytometryEffect of suraminSirius red stainQuantitative RT-PCRPharmacologic treatmentReceptor inhibitorsPPADSStellate cellsLiver sectionsFibrosisBromodeoxyuridine uptakePurinoceptor activationExperimental animals
2002
Isolation of Primary Rat Liver Fibroblasts
Kruglov EA, Jain D, Dranoff JA. Isolation of Primary Rat Liver Fibroblasts. Journal Of Investigative Medicine 2002, 50: 179. PMID: 12033282, DOI: 10.2310/6650.2002.33431.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell SeparationCells, CulturedCollagen Type IFibroblastsLiverMaleMicroscopy, ConfocalRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerConceptsLiver fibroblastsProcollagen-1 mRNAReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionRat liverTranscription-polymerase chain reactionDistinct liver cell populationsSmooth muscle actinSmooth muscle cellsStandard cell culture methodsLiver cell populationsRole of fibroblastsVon Willebrand factorPolymerase chain reactionStellate cellsProcollagen 1Muscle actinCell markersMuscle cellsLiver physiologyAppearance of cellsWillebrand factorFibroblast morphologyChain reactionLiver researchCell populations