Attenuation of experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome in endothelin B receptor-deficient rats
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Attenuation of experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome in endothelin B receptor-deficient rats.
Experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) after common bile duct ligation (CBDL) in rat is accompanied by increased lung vascular endothelial endothelin B (ETB) receptor expression and increased circulating levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1). The onset of HPS is hypothesized to be triggered by ET-1/ETB receptor activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-derived NO production in the pul...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0193-1857,1522-1547
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.90627.2008