FK 409 ameliorates small-for-size liver graft injury by attenuation of portal hypertension and down-regulation of Egr-1 pathway

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-168

  Man, Kwan ^a   Lee, Terence K ^a   Liang, Ting Bo ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Fung, Peter Chin Wan ^a   Tsui, Steven H ^a   Li, Xian Liang ^a   Ng, Kevin T ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 ETHYL 2 HYDROXYIMINO 5 NITRO 3 HEXENAMIDE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CYTOKINE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEME OXYGENASE 1; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL FOR SIZE LIVER GRAFT INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHEMOKINES; CHEMOKINES, CXC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ENDOTHELIN-1; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXYGENASES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REPERFUSION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 3042660567     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000129673.13552.c0     Document Type: Article

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