Twenty-four male Sprague-Dawley rats were used for this experiment, a partial portal vein ligadure (PVL) was carried out in 12 rats, the other 12 rats were sham-operated. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) samples were sequentially obtained from 2 rats from the PVL and sham groups at 1, 6, and 24 hour...
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus