Pivotal role of the alpha(2A)-adrenoceptor in producing inflammation and organ injury in a rat model of sepsis.

Miksa M, Das P, Zhou M, Wu R, Dong W, Ji Y, Goyert SM, Ravikumar TS, Wang P. Pivotal role of the alpha(2A)-adrenoceptor in producing inflammation and organ injury in a rat model of sepsis. PLoS One. 2009; 4(5):e5504.

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subject areas

Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists
Animals
Binding, Competitive
Cecum
Cells, Cultured
Disease Models, Animal
Enzyme Activation
Gene Expression
Heart Rate
Imidazoles
Inflammation
Isoindoles
Kupffer Cells
Ligation
Liver
Male
Norepinephrine
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Punctures
Radioligand Assay
Rats
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sepsis
Survival Analysis
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Sanna Goyert

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