Differential effects of oxidative stress on hepatic endothelial and kupffer cell eicosanoid release in response to endothelin-1

Microcirculation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-466

  Karaa, Amel ^a   Kamoun, Walid S ^a   Xu, Hong ^a   Zhang, Jain ^a   Clemens, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cPLA2; Eicosanoid; Endothelin 1; H2O2; Liver

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENDOTHELIN 1; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ICOSANOID; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; THROMBOXANE A2; THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE; THROMBOXANE SYNTHASE A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EICOSANOIDS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIN-1; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MALE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33748294201     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739680600776278     Document Type: Article

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