M J Arthur

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1 Human hepatic stellate cell lines, LX-1 and LX-2: new tools for analysis of hepatic fibrosis. Gut 2005 5.39
2 Mechanisms of spontaneous resolution of rat liver fibrosis. Hepatic stellate cell apoptosis and reduced hepatic expression of metalloproteinase inhibitors. J Clin Invest 1998 5.27
3 Extracellular matrix degradation and the role of hepatic stellate cells. Semin Liver Dis 2001 2.50
4 Activation of cultured rat hepatic lipocytes by Kupffer cell conditioned medium. Direct enhancement of matrix synthesis and stimulation of cell proliferation via induction of platelet-derived growth factor receptors. J Clin Invest 1989 2.46
5 Training in academic medicine: a way forward for the new millennium. A discussion document from the Academic Medicine Committee of the Royal College of Physicians. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1999 2.42
6 Gliotoxin stimulates the apoptosis of human and rat hepatic stellate cells and enhances the resolution of liver fibrosis in rats. Gastroenterology 2001 2.25
7 Apoptosis of hepatic stellate cells: involvement in resolution of biliary fibrosis and regulation by soluble growth factors. Gut 2001 2.02
8 Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 messenger RNA expression is enhanced relative to interstitial collagenase messenger RNA in experimental liver injury and fibrosis. Hepatology 1996 1.91
9 Expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 and 2 is increased in fibrotic human liver. Gastroenterology 1996 1.79
10 Pathogenesis of liver fibrosis. Clin Sci (Lond) 1997 1.68
11 Human hepatic lipocytes synthesize tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1. Implications for regulation of matrix degradation in liver. J Clin Invest 1992 1.62
12 Relaxin inhibits effective collagen deposition by cultured hepatic stellate cells and decreases rat liver fibrosis in vivo. Gut 2001 1.47
13 Corynebacterium parvum-elicited hepatic macrophages demonstrate enhanced respiratory burst activity compared with resident Kupffer cells in the rat. Gastroenterology 1986 1.37
14 Increased expression of connective tissue growth factor in fibrotic human liver and in activated hepatic stellate cells. J Hepatol 2000 1.34
15 Macrophage activation, chronic inflammation and gastrointestinal disease. Gut 1984 1.27
16 Kupffer cells: their activation and role in animal models of liver injury and human liver disease. Semin Liver Dis 1993 1.19
17 Persistent activation of nuclear factor-kappaB in cultured rat hepatic stellate cells involves the induction of potentially novel Rel-like factors and prolonged changes in the expression of IkappaB family proteins. Hepatology 1999 1.17
18 Oxygen-derived free radicals promote hepatic injury in the rat. Gastroenterology 1985 1.17
19 Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-I and interstitial collagenase expression in autoimmune chronic active hepatitis and activated human hepatic lipocytes. Clin Sci (Lond) 1995 1.17
20 The plasminogen-activating system in hepatic stellate cells. Hepatology 1996 1.16
21 Progelatinase A is produced and activated by rat hepatic stellate cells and promotes their proliferation. Hepatology 1999 1.16
22 Human and rat hepatic stellate cells produce stem cell factor: a possible mechanism for mast cell recruitment in liver fibrosis. J Hepatol 1999 1.16
23 Familial and idiopathic colonic varices: an unusual cause of lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Gut 1992 1.13
24 Pharmacology of propranolol in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Gut 1985 1.07
25 Rat hepatic lipocytes synthesize and secrete transin (stromelysin) in early primary culture. Gastroenterology 1995 1.06
26 JunD regulates transcription of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 and interleukin-6 genes in activated hepatic stellate cells. J Biol Chem 2001 1.05
27 Primary rat and mouse hepatic stellate cells express the macrophage inhibitor cytokine interleukin-10 during the course of activation In vitro. Hepatology 1998 1.04
28 Duodenal mucosa synthesis of prostaglandins in duodenal ulcer disease. Gut 1985 1.04
29 Mechanisms of hepatic fibrosis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1998 1.03
30 Kupffer cell-derived 95-kd type IV collagenase/gelatinase B: characterization and expression in cultured cells. Hepatology 1995 1.03
31 Regulation of E-box DNA binding during in vivo and in vitro activation of rat and human hepatic stellate cells. Gut 2001 1.01
32 Control of the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 promoter in culture-activated rat hepatic stellate cells: regulation by activator protein-1 DNA binding proteins. Hepatology 1999 1.01
33 Upstream tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) element-1, a novel and essential regulatory DNA motif in the human TIMP-1 gene promoter, directly interacts with a 30-kDa nuclear protein. J Biol Chem 2000 0.92
34 Reduction of ferricytochrome C may underestimate superoxide production by monocytes. J Immunol Methods 1987 0.92
35 A multicentre randomised trial comparing octreotide and injection sclerotherapy in the management and outcome of acute variceal haemorrhage. Gut 1997 0.92
36 Hepatitis B, hepatocellular carcinoma, and strategies for prevention. Lancet 1984 0.90
37 Helicobacter pylori: beware "blind" eradication! Gut 1998 0.88
38 Differential cellular synthesis of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) and IGFBP-3 within human liver. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1994 0.87
39 Sex differences in the metabolism of ethanol and acetaldehyde in normal subjects. Clin Sci (Lond) 1984 0.85
40 Rat hepatic stellate cell expression of alpha2-macroglobulin is a feature of cellular activation: implications for matrix remodelling in hepatic fibrosis. Clin Sci (Lond) 1998 0.85
41 Hepatocyte-matrix interactions. Gut 1994 0.84
42 Reversible inhibition of albumin production by rat hepatocytes maintained on a laminin-rich gel (Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm) in response to secretory products of Kupffer cells and cytokines. Hepatology 1992 0.83
43 Macromolecular aspartate aminotransferase. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1998 0.83
44 Effect of gonadotrophin on cell and matrix retention and expression of metalloproteinases and their inhibitor in cultured human granulosa cells modelling corpus luteum function. Mol Hum Reprod 1996 0.81
45 Matrix degradation in liver: a role in injury and repair. Hepatology 1997 0.81
46 Augmentation by eosinophils of gelatinase activity in the airway mucosa: comparative effects as a putative mediator of epithelial injury. Br J Pharmacol 1996 0.77
47 Immunogenetic analysis of a panel of monoclonal IgG and IgM anti-PDC-E2/X antibodies derived from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. J Hepatol 1998 0.77
48 The use of a delayed hypersensitivity test and long-acting oxytetracycline in a flock affected with ovine enzootic abortion. Br Vet J 1987 0.76
49 Mechanisms of liver cell damage and repair. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1999 0.76
50 Ovine enzootic abortion: field observations on naturally acquired and vaccine-elicited delayed type hypersensitivity to Chlamydia psittaci (ovis). Vet Rec 1986 0.75
51 Hyperlactatemia in diabetics with retinopathy during combined sulphonylurea and phenformin therapy. Diabete Metab 1978 0.75
52 Observations on the effects of monensin on the production of antibodies to coccidia in lambs. Vet Rec 1986 0.75
53 Pancreatitis in a patient with AIDS. Endoscopy 1993 0.75
54 Maedi-visna virus infection in commercial flocks of indigenous sheep in Britain. Vet Rec 1984 0.75