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Research Article

Attenuation of the Wnt/β-catenin/TCF pathway by in vivo interferon-α2b (IFN-α2b) treatment in preneoplastic rat livers

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Pages 166-177 | Received 08 Jun 2009, Accepted 09 Dec 2009, Published online: 29 Jan 2010

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