Protective mechanism of L-arginine against liver ischemic-reperfusion injury in rats

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 549-552

  Li, Shao Qiang ^a   Liang, Li Jian ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; Ischemia; Liver; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 3 INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DUODENUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LIGAMENT; LIVER CELL; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PENIS; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARGININE; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATOCYTES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPERFUSION INJURY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0344444166     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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