Journal of Hepatology
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81 , January 2005

The selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor celecoxib modulates the formation of vasoconstrictor eicosanoids and activates PPARγ. Influence of albumin

  • Marta López-Parra

      Affiliations

    • DNA Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
  • ,
  • Joan Clària

      Affiliations

    • DNA Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 93 2275400x2814; fax: +34 93 2275454.
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  • Esther Titos

      Affiliations

    • DNA Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
  • ,
  • Anna Planagumà

      Affiliations

    • DNA Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
  • ,
  • Marcelina Párrizas

      Affiliations

    • Hormonal Laboratory, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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  • Jaime L. Masferrer

      Affiliations

    • Pfizer Research and Development, St Louis, MO, USA
  • ,
  • Wladimiro Jiménez

      Affiliations

    • Hormonal Laboratory, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
  • ,
  • Vicente Arroyo

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
  • ,
  • Francisca Rivera

      Affiliations

    • Hormonal Laboratory, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
  • ,
  • Joan Rodés

      Affiliations

    • Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain

Received 11 June 2004 ,Revised 27 August 2004 ,Accepted 21 September 2004.

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 The authors state that they did not receive funding from the drug manufacturers of the study. However, they state that one author, Jaime L. Masferrer, is an employee of the company.

PII: S0168-8278(04)00433-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.09.011

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 75-81 , January 2005