Vascular endothelial growth factor production in peritoneal macrophages of cirrhotic patients: Regulation by cytokines and bacterial lipopolysaccharide

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1057-1063

  Pérez Ruiz, Manuel ^a   Ros, Josefa ^a   Morales Rui, Manuel ^a   Navasa, Miguel ^a   Colmenero, Jordi ^a   Ruiz Del Arbol, Luis ^b   Cejudo, Pllar ^a   Clària, Joan ^a   Rivera, Francisca ^a   Arroyo, Vicente ^a   Rodés, Juan ^a   Jiménez, Wladimiro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE; DACTINOMYCIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032899694     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290416     Document Type: Article

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