Activated protein C improves pial microcirculation in experimental endotoxemia in rats

Microvascular Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-280

  Zhou, Juan ^a   Pavlovic, Dragan ^c   Willecke, Julia ^c   Friedel, Claudius ^c   Whynot, Sara ^a   Hung, Orlando ^a,b   Cerny, Vladimir ^a,d   Schroeder, Henry ^c   Wendt, Michael ^c   Shukla, Romesh ^a   Lehmann, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROTRECOGIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTOXEMIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIA ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CEREBRAL VEINS; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXEMIA; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; LEUKOCYTES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; PIA MATER; PROTEIN C; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84862815725     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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