N-acetyl-cysteine protects liver from apoptotic death in an animal model of fulminant hepatic failure

Apoptosis

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1945-1957

  San Miguel, B ^a   Alvarez, M ^a   Culebras, J M ^b   Gonzalez Gallego J ^a   Tunon M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Hospital of Leon   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatic failure; N acetyl cysteine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; FAS ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER PROTECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 33750631739     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-0090-0     Document Type: Article

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