Effect of ghrelin on chronic liver injury and fibrogenesis in male rats: Possible role of nitric oxide

Peptides

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-97

  Kabil, Nashwa N ^a   Seddiek, Hanan A ^b   Yassin, Nadia A ^a,b   Gamal Eldin, Maha M ^a,b  

^a German University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Ghrelin; Liver injury; Nitric oxide; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GHRELIN; MALONALDEHYDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC LIVER INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

FIBROSIS; GHRELIN; LIVER INJURY; NITRIC OXIDE; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GHRELIN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS;

EID: 84891804430     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2013.11.022     Document Type: Article

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