Alterations in expression of genes coding for proteins of the neurovascular unit in ischemic liver failure

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Sawara, Kei ^a,b   Desjardins, Paul ^b   Chatauret, Nicolas ^b   Kato, Akinobu ^a   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Blood brain barrier; Brain edema; Gene expression; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hypothermia; Neurovascular unit; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CAVEOLIN 1; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GLYCOPROTEIN P; OCCLUDIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC ARTERY LIGATION; HEPATIC COMA; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN EDEMA; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHERMIA; ISCHEMIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; WATER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 64949167332     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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