Gadolinium blocks rat Kupffer cell calcium channels: Relevance to calcium-dependent prostaglandin E2 synthesis and septic mortality

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 756-765

  Roland, Claude R ^a,b   Naziruddin, Bashoo ^a   Mohanakumar, T ^a   Wayne Flye, M ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; FURA 2 ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; IONOMYCIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE C; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KUPFFER CELL; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032979394     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290345     Document Type: Article

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