Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 83-90 , February 2003

Effects of chronic ethanol treatment on the angiotensin II–mediated p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphorylase a activation in rat hepatocytes

  • Yu-I Weng

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    • Present address: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, Suite 350 HPB, 3223 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
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  • Shivendra D Shukla

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-573-882-2740; fax: +1-573-884-4558.

Received 12 December 2001 ,Revised 20 November 2002 ,Accepted 22 November 2002.

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☆ Editor: T.R. Jerrells

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doi: 10.1016/S0741-8329(02)00325-7

Alcohol
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 83-90 , February 2003

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