Neutrophil function was studied in rats with common bile duct ligation. Superoxide production stimulated by phorbol myristate acetate, opsonized zymosan or formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine; phagocytosis; and chemotaxis were significantly greater in neutrophils from rats with common bile duct li
Ursodeoxycholate further increases bile-duct cell proliferative response induced by partial bile-duct ligation in rats
β Scribed by Michele Barone; Eugenio Maiorano; Roberta Ladisa; Antonia Pece; Pasquale Berloco; Mario Strazzabosco; Maria Lucia Caruso; Anna Maria Valentini; Enzo Ierardi; Alfredo Di Leo; Antonio Francavilla
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 202 KB
- Volume
- 444
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-2307
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