Role of nitric oxide in the antifibrotic and anticholestatic actions of interferon-α(2b)

Drug Development Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Muriel, Pablo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Collagen; Extracellular matrix; Fibrosis; Interferon; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; ARGININE; BILIRUBIN; COLLAGEN; GLYCOGEN; MALONALDEHYDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CHOLESTASIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0032758918     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2299(199910)48:2<45::AID-DDR1>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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