Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells are responsible for nitric oxide modulation of resistance in the hepatic sinusoids

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2923-2930

  Shah, Vijay ^a,b   Haddad, Fadi G ^a,b   Garcia Cardena, Guillermo ^a   Frangos, John A ^c   Mennone, Albert ^a   Groszmann, Roberto J ^a,b   Sessa, William C ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Endothelial cell; Liver; Nitric oxide; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER SINUSOID; MACROMOLECULE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031442394     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119842     Document Type: Article

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