Thalidomide ameliorates portal hypertension via nitric oxide synthase independent reduced systolic blood pressure

Table 1 Splenic pulp pressure and abdominal aortic flow 7 d post portal vein ligation or sham

	Splenic pulp pressure (cmH2O)	Abdominal aortic flow (mL/min per gram)
Wild type sham	6.9 ± 0.4	0.17 ± 0.02
Wild type 7 d PVL	25.4 ± 3.1a	0.27 ± 0.04a
eNOS-/- sham	6.9 ± 0.3	0.15 ± 0.01
eNOS-/- 7 d PVL	7 ± 0.5	0.15 ± 0.01
iNOS-/- 7 d sham	6.7 ± 1	0.16 ± 0.01
iNOS-/- 7 d PVL	21.1 ± 0.4c	0.23 ± 0.06c

^aP < 0.05 vs wild type sham t-test;

^cP < 0.05 vs iNOS^-/- 7d sham t-test; mean ± SE (n = 4-7). iNOS: Inducible nitric oxide synthase.