Open AccessFK 409 Ameliorates Small-for-Size Liver Graft Injury by Attenuation of Portal Hypertension and Down-Regulation of Egr-1 Pathway
Author(s) -
Kwan Man,
Terence Lee,
Ting Liang,
Chung Mau Lo,
Peter C. W. Fung,
Steven Hong-Teng Tsui,
Xian Liang Li,
Kevin TakPan Ng,
Sheung Tat Fan
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000129673.13552.c0
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , liver transplantation , nitric oxide , endothelin receptor , nitric oxide synthase , portal hypertension , reperfusion injury , endothelin 1 , pathology , endocrinology , urology , receptor , ischemia , cirrhosis
To investigate whether low-dose nitric oxide donor FK 409 could attenuate small-for-size graft injury in liver transplantation using small-for-size grafts.