Pathogenetic interplay between osmotic and oxidative stress: The hepatic encephalopathy paradigm

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1363-1370

  Schliess, Freimut ^a   Görg, Boris ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glutamate; Glutamine synthetase; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver; Nitric oxide; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ASTROCYTE; CELL SWELLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; FREE RADICALS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; OSMOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TYROSINE;

EID: 33750618236     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2006.171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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