title: Sequential behaviour of extracellular matrix glycoproteins in an experimental model of hepatic fibrosis.
abstract: The behaviour of extracellular matrix glycoproteins (fibronectin, laminin, basement membrane heparan-sulphate proteoglycan, type III, IV and V collagens) has been investigated in a sequential model of experimental hepatic fibrosis, using an immunofluorescence technique. The presence of some basement membrane macromolecules (such as type IV and V collagens, laminin and basement membrane heparan-sulphate proteoglycan) is detectable only in the early stages of septa formation, while type III collagen and fibronectin persist in late septa. These data suggest that hepatic fibroplasia proceeds through different steps in which stromal glycoproteins are preferentially engaged, as happens during organogenesis.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ballardini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faccani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fallani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berti
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vasi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castaldini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garbisa
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Bianchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D006497:Heparan Sulfate / Q000378:metabolism; D007797:Laminin / Q000378:metabolism; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D003094:Collagen; D005353:Fibronectins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D006497:Heparan Sulfate; D007797:Laminin