Proinflammatory Liver and Antiinflammatory Intestinal Mediators Involved in Portal Hypertensive Rats

• Main Authors: Maria Angeles Aller (Author), Elena Vara (Author), Cruz Garcia (Author), Maria Dolores Palma (Author), Jorge L. Arias (Author), Maria Paz Nava (Author), Jaime Arias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Proinflammatory (TNF-α, IL-1β, and NO) and antiinflammatory (IL-10, CO) levels were assayed in serum, liver, and small bowel in order to verify a hypothetic inflammatory etiopathogeny of portal hypertension that could be the cause of its evolutive heterogeneity. Male Wistar rats were divided into on...