Down-regulation of genes related to the adrenergic system may contribute to splanchnic vasodilation in rat portal hypertension

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Coll, Mar ^a   Genescà, Joan ^a   Raurell, Imma ^a   Rodríguez Vilarrupla, Aina ^b   Mejías, Marc ^b   Otero, Teresa ^a   Oria, Marc ^a   Esteban, Rafael ^a   Guardia, Jaime ^a   Bosch, Jaime ^b   Martell, María ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

^b IMDIM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenergic system; Liver cirrhosis; Norepinephrine; Portal hypertension; Portal vein ligation; Superior mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNUM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYNAPTOSOME; TISSUE SECTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN LIGATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; NOREPINEPHRINE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PORTAL VEIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASODILATION;

EID: 44649192261     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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