Small mouse cholangiocytes proliferate in response to H1 histamine receptor stimulation by activation of the IP3/CaMK I/CREB pathway.

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Published in Am J Physiol Cell Physiol on May 28, 2008

Authors

Heather Francis1, Shannon Glaser, Sharon Demorrow, Eugenio Gaudio, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Julie Venter, David Dostal, Paolo Onori, Antonio Franchitto, Marco Marzioni, Shelley Vaculin, Bradley Vaculin, Khurshed Katki, Monique Stutes, Jennifer Savage, Gianfranco Alpini

Author Affiliations

1: Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Scott & White and Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Medical Research Bldg., 702 SW H.K. Dodgen Loop, Temple, TX, 76504, USA.

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