Role of Kupffer cells in the release of nitric oxide and change of portal pressure after ethanol perfusion in the rat liver

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-34

  Matsumoto, Hiroshi ^a   Nishitani, Yoko ^a   Minowa, Yasushi ^a   Fukui, Yuko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GADOLINIUM CHLORIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033950875     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/35.1.31     Document Type: Article

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