Epidermal growth factor protects portal hypertensive gastric mucosa in ischemia/reperfusion: the role of capillary endothelia and prostaglandins. - Concepedia

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Epidermal growth factor protects portal hypertensive gastric mucosa in ischemia/reperfusion: the role of capillary endothelia and prostaglandins.

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1992

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T Ishikawa, Sarfeh Ij, A Tarnawski, Rosa Golshan, Tonia Douglas, Michiyo Sugiyama

Abstract

EGF significantly reduces I/R injury to PHT gastric mucosa. Microvascular endothelia of PHT gastric mucosa are the major target of I/R injury and the site of EGF's protective action. Prostaglandins in part mediate EGF's protective action.