Effect of lipopolysaccharide on in vivo and genetic regulation of rat urea synthesis

Liver International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 177-183

  Nielsen, Susanne Schouw ^a   Grøfte, Thorbjørn ^a   Tygstrup, Niels ^b   Vilstrup, Hendrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Hepatic amino nitrogen conversion; Messenger ribonucleic acid

Indexed keywords

ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GALACTOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; UPREGULATION; UREA CYCLE;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE (AMMONIA); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; LONGEVITY; MALE; OROSOMUCOID; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; UREA;

EID: 14544290976     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2005.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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