Mechanisms of hepatic toxicity II. Alcoholic liver injury involves activation of Kupffer cells by endotoxin

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 4 38-4, 1998, Pages

  Thurman, R G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Gender; Hepatic injury; Hypoxia reoxygenation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD14 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EDETIC ACID; ENDOTOXIN; ESTROGEN; FREE RADICAL; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITROREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN RADICAL; PIMONIDAZOLE; PROSTAGLANDIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; DIET; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FATTY LIVER; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; HYPOXIA; INTESTINE FLORA; KUPFFER CELL; LACTOBACILLUS; LIVER TOXICITY; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOXYGENATION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ENDOTOXINS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; RATS;

EID: 0032185432     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.275.4.g605     Document Type: Article

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