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Animal models for the study of liver regeneration: role of nitric oxide and prostaglandins

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dc.creator Hortelano, Sonsoles
dc.creator Zeini, Miriam
dc.creator Casado, Marta
dc.creator Martín-Sanz, Paloma
dc.creator Boscá, Lisardo
dc.date 2008-05-16T11:42:33Z
dc.date 2008-05-16T11:42:33Z
dc.date 2007-01
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:21:03Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:21:03Z
dc.identifier Frontiers in Bioscience 12: 13-21 (2007)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4306
dc.identifier 10.2741/2045
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/4306
dc.description This is an, un-copyedited, author manuscript that has been accepted for publication in the Frontiers in Bioscience
dc.description The mechanisms that permit adult tissues to regenerate are the object of intense study. Liver regeneration is a research area of considerable interest both from pathological and from physiological perspectives. One of the best models of the regenerative process is the two-thirds partial hepatectomy (PH). After PH, the remnant liver starts a series of timed responses that first favor cell growth and then halts hepatocyte proliferation once liver function is fully restored. The mechanisms regulating this process are complex and involve many cellular events. Initiation of liver regeneration requires the injury-related cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin 6 (IL-6), and involves the activation of cytokine-regulated transcription factors such as NF-kappaB and STAT3. An important event that takes place in the hours immediately after PH is the induction of nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS-2) and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), and the consequent release of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandins (PGs). NO is involved in the vascular readaptation after PH, favoring a general permeability to growth factors throughout the organ. This review examines the mechanisms that regulate NO release during liver regeneration and the animal models used to identify these pathways.
dc.description S.H. is a FIS program investigator supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III (FIS 2002/3022). M.Z. is a Community of Madrid fellow. Work has been funded by RECAVA, the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (SAF2002-0083 and 2005-03022), and by Fundació La Caixa (ONO3- 180-2).
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Frontiers in Bioscience Publications
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Partial Hepatectomy
dc.subject Nitric Oxide
dc.subject Prostaglandins
dc.subject Liver Regeneration
dc.subject Apoptosis
dc.subject Animal Models
dc.subject Review
dc.title Animal models for the study of liver regeneration: role of nitric oxide and prostaglandins
dc.type Artículo


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