Beneficial effects of fluvastatin on liver microcirculation and regeneration after massive hepatectomy in rats

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2989-2994

  Tokunaga, Takuya ^a   Ikegami, Toru ^a   Yoshizumi, Tomoharu ^a   Imura, Satoru ^a   Morine, Yuji ^a   Shinohara, Hisamitsu ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluvastatin; Hepatectomy; Hepatic sinusoid; Liver failure; Liver regeneration; Reactive oxygen species; Reperfusion injury; Rho; Stellate cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BILIRUBIN; FLUINDOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HEPATECTOMY; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INDOLES; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53849091001     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0241-y     Document Type: Article

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