Effects of simvastatin administration on rodents with lipopolysaccharide-induced liver microvascular dysfunction

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1172-1181

  La Mura, Vincenzo ^a   Pasarín, Marcos ^a   Meireles, Cintia Z ^a   Miquel, Rosa ^b   Rodríguez Vilarrupla, Aina ^a   Hide, Diana ^a   Gracia Sancho, Jorge ^a   García Pagán, Juan Carlos ^a   Bosch, Jaime ^a   Abraldes, Juan G ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLACEBO; SIMVASTATIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HEPATITIS; ISOLATED LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENDOTOXEMIA; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIMVASTATIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84874462795     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26127     Document Type: Article

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