Changes in adrenal cortex function and protective effect of dexamethasone in septic rats during early phases

Chinese Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-43

  Hu, Zhen Jie ^a   Tian, Hui Yu ^a   Wang, Lan Tao ^a   Tian, Hui Yan ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland disease; Dexamethasone; Sepsis; Toll like receptor; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 59649087874     PISSN: 10030603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-0603.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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