Jejunal microvilli atrophy and reduced nutrient transport in rats with advanced liver cirrhosis: improvement by Insulin-like Growth Factor I

BACKGROUND: Previous results have shown that in rats with non-ascitic cirrhosis there is an altered transport of sugars and amino acids associated with elongated microvilli. These alterations returned to normal with the administration of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I). The aims of this study w...

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Autores principales: Castilla-Cortázar, Inma, Pascual, María, Urdaneta, Elena, Pardo, Javier, Puche, Juan Enrique, Vivas, Bárbara, Díaz-Casares, Amelia, García, María, Díaz-Sánchez, Matías, Varela-Nieto, Isabel, Castilla, Alberto, González-Barón, Salvador
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC434503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15196310
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-4-12

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