Open AccessAttenuation of portal hypertension by natural taurine in rats with liver cirrhosis
Author(s) -
Jian Liang,
Xin Deng,
ZhiXiu Lin,
Lichun Zhao,
Xiliu Zhang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.4529
Subject(s) - portal hypertension , hyperdynamic circulation , medicine , portal venous pressure , cirrhosis , endocrinology , nitric oxide , cyclic guanosine monophosphate , taurine , nitric oxide synthase , vascular resistance , splanchnic , mean arterial pressure , blood pressure , gastroenterology , hemodynamics , chemistry , biochemistry , heart rate , amino acid
To investigate the inhibitory effect of natural taurine (NTau) on portal hypertension (PHT) in rats with experimentally-induced liver cirrhosis (LC).