Chronic ethanol consumption induces histopathological changes and increases nitric oxide generation in the rat liver

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 384-391

  Tirapelli, Luis F ^a   Batalhão, Marcelo E ^a   Jacob Ferreira, Ana L ^a   Tirapelli, Daniela P ^a   Carnio, Evelin C ^a   Tanus Santos, José E ^a   Queiroz, Regina H ^a   Uyemura, Sergio A ^a   Padovan, Cláudia M ^a   Tirapelli, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Histopathological changes; Liver; Metalloproteinase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 82455212252     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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