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Endothelin-1 and heme oxygenase-1 as modulators of sinusoidal tone in the stress-exposed rat liver

  1. Hauke Rensing1,
  2. Inge Bauer M.D.1,*,
  3. Jian X. Zhang2,
  4. Markus Paxian1,
  5. Benedikt H. J. Pannen3,
  6. Yukihiro Yokoyama2,
  7. Mark G. Clemens2,
  8. Michael Bauer1

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360623

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 36, Issue 6, pages 1453–1465, December 2002

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Rensing, H., Bauer, I., Zhang, J. X., Paxian, M., Pannen, B. H. J., Yokoyama, Y., Clemens, M. G. and Bauer, M. (2002), Endothelin-1 and heme oxygenase-1 as modulators of sinusoidal tone in the stress-exposed rat liver. Hepatology, 36: 1453–1465. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360623

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  1. 1

    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Germany

  2. 2

    Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC

  3. 3

    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

*Klinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany. fax: (49) 6841–16–22833

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 7 SEP 2002
  4. Manuscript Received: 19 FEB 2002

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  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Grant Numbers: Ba-1601/1–2, PA 533/2–3, PA 533/3–1

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