Induction of arginase II in livers of bile duct-ligated rats

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1043-1050

  Wei, Chang Li ^a   Hon, Wei Min ^a   Lee, Kang Hoe ^a   Mori, Masataka ^b   Gotoh, Tomomi ^b   Khoo, Hoon Eng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginase I and II; Arginine metabolism; Gene and protein expression; Liver cirrhosis; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037087751     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(02)00845-6     Document Type: Article

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