On the confounding role of administration solvents (Vehicles) in animal experimental studies: Z-LLY-FMK or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) attenuates intestinal apoptosis in bile duct-ligated rats?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2767-2768

  Assimakopoulos, Stelios F ^a   Scopa, Chrisoula D ^a   Vagianos, Constantine E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPASTATIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; SCAVENGER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; Z LLY FMK;

APOPTOSIS; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENDOTOXEMIA; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; LIGATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOLVENTS;

EID: 70450211592     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-009-0712-9     Document Type: Letter

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