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Attenuation of experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome in endothelin B receptor-deficient rats.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Apr 2009
Zhang Junlan, Ling Yiqun, Tang Liping, Luo Bao, Pollock David M, Fallon Michael B
Abstract excerpt
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 pulmonary endothelium....
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