Vascular contractile response and signal transduction in endothelium-denuded aorta from cirrhotic rats

Figure 3 (A) Phenylephrine (PEP) (10^-7 to 10^-5 mol/L) and (B) AVP (10^-7 to 10^-5 mol/L)-induced [³H] IP₃ formation in the aortic ring from CBL (black bars) and sham (white bars) rats. [³H] IP₃ formation was expressed as the percentage of counts (cpm) per minute in the presence of agonist divided by the counts without agonist (basal formation). The data are expressed as mean±SE. ^aP<0.05 vs sham rats, n = 8 in each group with different agonist stimulation. Sham: sham-operated rats; CBL: common bile duct-ligated rats.