Splanchnic-aortic inflammatory axis in experimental portal hypertension

Figure 5 Chronic splanchnic alterations, liver steatosis and enteropathy, secondary to long-term triple partial portal vein stenosed rats are associated with oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokines and profibrogenic mediators in abdominal aorta. NAD(P)H: Reduced-nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate; MMP: Matrix metalloproteinases; TPVL: Triple partial portal vein stenosed; NF-κB: Nuclear factor κB; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; IL: Interleukin; CTGF: connective tissue growth factor; MMP-9: Matrix metallopeptidase 9.