Nitric oxide and vascular remodeling modulate hepatic arterial vascular resistance in the isolated perfused cirrhotic rat liver

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 739-745

  Zipprich, Alexander ^a,b   Loureiro Silva, Mauricio R ^a,b   Jain, Dhanpat ^a   D'Silva, Irita ^b   Groszmann, Roberto J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile duct ligation; Carbon tetrachloride; Cirrhosis; Hepatic artery; Nitric oxide; Rat liver perfusion; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; METHOXAMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATIC ARTERY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEPATIC ARTERY; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; METHOXAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 53249128862     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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