Effects of chronic nitric oxide activation or inhibition on early hepatic fibrosis in rats with bile duct ligation

Clinical Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-305

  Mayoral, Paula ^a   Criado, Manuela ^a   Hidalgo, Froilan ^a   Flores, Olga ^a   Arévalo, Miguel A ^a   Eleno, Nélida ^a   Sánchez Rodríguez, Angel ^b   López Novoa, Jose M ^a   Esteller, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE; MARKER; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CELL DAMAGE; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STIMULATION;

EID: 0032992210     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0960297     Document Type: Article

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