Nitric oxide synthase and heme oxygenase expressions in human liver cirrhosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 588-594

  Goh, Beatrice J ^a   Tan, Bee Tee ^b   Hon, Wei Min ^c   Lee, Kang Hoe ^b   Khoo, Hoon Eng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c ACM Biolabs Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Competitive PCR; Gene expression; Heme oxygenase; Liver cirrhois; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CAVEOLIN 1; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HEME OXYGENASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33644920660     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.588     Document Type: Article

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