Tetrahydrobiopterin attenuates microvascular reperfusion injury following murine pancreas transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1551-1559

  Maglione, M ^a   Hermann, M ^a   Hengster, P ^a   Schneeberger, S ^a   Mark, W ^a   Obrist, P ^a   Werner Felmayer, G ^b   Werner, E R ^b   Margreiter, R ^a   Brandacher, G ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Graft pancreatitis; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Microvascular injury; Nitric oxide synthase; Pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; AMYLASE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXYNITRITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; BIOPTERIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; REPERFUSION INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TYROSINE;

EID: 33745345315     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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