Role of Kupffer cells, endotoxin and free radicals in hepatotoxicity due to prolonged alcohol consumption: Studies in female and male rats

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Thurman, Ronald G ^a   Bradford, Blair U ^a   Iimuro, Yuji ^a   Knecht, Kathryn T ^a   Connor, Henry D ^a   Adachi, Yukito ^a   Wall, Chantal ^a   Arteel, Gavin E ^a   Raleigh, James A ^a   Forman, Donald T ^a   Mason, Ronald P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol induced liver injury; endotoxin; free radicals; rats; sex differences

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; ICOSANOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERMETABOLISM; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER TOXICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM;

EID: 15444358529     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.5.903s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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