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ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: mike hubank
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1077 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Bungay Anton A Selden Clare C Brown David D Malik Raza R Hubank Mike M Hodgson Humphrey H
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 20080820 12
<h4>Background and aim</h4>A single dose of the thyroid hormone tri-iodothyronine, T3, can enhance both size and function of normal rodent liver, which is potentially of value in the treatment of liver disease. However the mechanism of this has not been fully elucidated, and it cannot be modeled in vitro. We therefore investigated the transcriptome response to T3 in rat liver in vivo.<h4>Methods</h4>After adult rats were administered 5 microg T3 subcutaneously, a whole rat genome microarray comp ...[more]