Absence of NO synthase type II expression in fetal liver from pregnant rats under septic shock conditions

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1406-1411

  Casado, Marta ^a   Velasco, Marta ^a   Boscá, Lisardo ^a   Martín Sanz, Paloma ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; MATERNAL SERUM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; ISOENZYMES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RATS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0030913552     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250617     Document Type: Article

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