Endogenous nitric oxide in the maintenance of rat microvascular integrity against widespread plasma leakage following abdominal laparotomy

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 515-521

  László, Ferenc ^a   Whittle, Brendan J R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive nitric oxide synthase; eNOS; Laparotomy; Neutrophils; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors; Plasma loss; Surgery; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DUODENUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTESTINE BLOOD FLOW; ISOTOPE LABELING; JEJUNUM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNE SERA; KIDNEY; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUTROPHILS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032906415     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702322     Document Type: Article

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