Biliary cyst fluid from common bile duct-ligated rats stimulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase in pulmonary artery endothelial cells: A potential role in hepatopulmonary syndrome

Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 722-727

  Liu, L ^a   Zhang, M ^a   Luo, B ^a   Abrams, G A ^a   Fallon, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CYST; CATTLE; COMMON BILE DUCT; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035124081     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2001.22701     Document Type: Article

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