TY - JOUR AU - Crockett, Elahé T. AU - Galligan, James J. AU - Uhal, Bruce D. AU - Harkema, Jack AU - Roth, Robert AU - Pandya, Kinnari PY - 2006 DA - 2006/02/15 TI - Protection of early phase hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by cholinergic agonists JO - BMC Clinical Pathology SP - 3 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Cytokine production is critical in ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury. Acetylcholine binds to macrophages and inhibits cytokine synthesis, through the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. This study examined the role of the cholinergic pathway in cytokine production and hepatic IR- injury. SN - 1472-6890 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6890-6-3 DO - 10.1186/1472-6890-6-3 ID - Crockett2006 ER -