Article
Alterations in tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression by hepatic macrophages following acute cholestatic liver injury.
Shock (Augusta, Ga.) - 1 Feb 1996
Fox E S, Tracy T F
Abstract excerpt
The liver is unique for its large resident macrophage (HM phi) population as a potential source of immunoregulatory cytokines. The present study was designed to determine HM phi function in a rat model of cholestasis (CBDL). Northern blot analysis of TNF-alpha mRNA showed a profound difference in...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Cholestasis
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Kupffer Cells
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Male
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
