Female rats exhibit greater susceptibility to early alcohol-induced liver injury than males

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 35-5, 1997, Pages

  Iimuro, Yuji ^a   Frankenberg, Moritz V ^a   Arteel, Gavin E ^a   Bradford, Blair U ^a   Wall, Chantal A ^a   Thurman, Ronald G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Intercellular adhesion molecule 1

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; FEMALE; LIVER CLEARANCE; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEATOSIS;

EID: 0030906919     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.272.5.g1186     Document Type: Article

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