Ammonia and inflammation in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy: Pandora's box?

Hepatology. 2007 Aug;46(2):291-4. doi: 10.1002/hep.21843.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ammonia / toxicity*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use
  • Cyclic GMP / physiology
  • Cytokines / physiology
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / drug therapy
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy / etiology*
  • Inflammation / complications*
  • Nitric Oxide / physiology
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase / physiology
  • Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / physiology
  • Rats

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Cytokines
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Ammonia
  • Nitric Oxide Synthase
  • Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
  • Cyclic GMP