Open AccessAntioxidant properties of glutamine and its role in VEGF-Akt pathways in portal hypertension gastropathy
Author(s) -
Camila Moraes Marques,
Francielli Licks,
Ingrid Fatima Zattoni,
Beatriz de Carvalho Borges,
Luiz Eduardo Rizzo de Souza,
Cláudio Augusto Marroni,
Norma Possa Marroni
Publication year - 2013
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.v19.i28.4464
Subject(s) - enos , medicine , endocrinology , oxidative stress , protein kinase b , chemistry , vascular endothelial growth factor , nitrotyrosine , glutamine , nitric oxide , nitric oxide synthase , biochemistry , signal transduction , amino acid , vegf receptors
To investigate the effects of glutamine on oxidative/nitrosative stress and the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-Akt-endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) signaling pathway in an experimental model of portal hypertension induced by partial portal vein ligation (PPVL).