N-3 fatty acids ameliorate radiation-induced liver injury in the rat

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-111

  Kotzampassi, Katerina ^a   Tzitzikas, Y ^a   Papavramidis, Theodossis S ^a   Kolettas, A ^a   Vrettou, E ^a   Spiliadi, Ch ^b   Paramythiotis, D ^a   Metaxas, G ^a   Eleftheriadis, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b ATHENS MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Microcirculation; N 3 fatty acids; Radiation; Radiation hepatitis

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GAMMA RADIATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; VEIN DILATATION;

EID: 67651156153     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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