Peritoneal sepsis downregulates liver expression of Aquaporin-8: A water channel involved in bile secretion

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-318

  Lehmann, Guillermo L ^a   Marinelli, Raúl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BILE SECRETION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTASIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTOXEMIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KUPFFER CELL; LETTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPSIS; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPSIS;

EID: 58149518679     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01824.x     Document Type: Letter

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