Local regulators of hepatic sinusoidal microcirculation: Recent advances

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 23, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Oda, Masaya ^a   Han, Jing Yan ^a   Yokomori, Hiroaki ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VOLUME; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER SINUSOID; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STELLATE CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALMODULIN; CAPILLARIES; ENDOTHELINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER CIRCULATION; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VENULES;

EID: 0034456418     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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