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Portal Venous System

Known as: Portal System, circulation portal, portal circulation 
A system of vessels in which blood, after passing through one capillary bed, is conveyed through a second set of capillaries before it returns to the… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Transplantation of an allogeneic vein bioengineered with autologous stem cells: a proof-of-concept study
Review
2007
Review
2007
Portal venous system aneurysms: imaging, clinical findings, and a possible new etiologic factor.
OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to present the prevalence, imaging and clinical findings, and possible causes of portal… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Multiple Factors Regulate the Rat Liver Basolateral Sodium-dependent Bile Acid Cotransporter Gene Promoter*
The hepatic uptake of bile acids from the portal circulation is primarily dependent upon a sodium-dependent basolateral membrane… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Bacterial translocation and multiple system organ failure in bowel ischemia and reperfusion.
Forty dogs were divided randomly into four groups. The portal circulation was reduced to 50%-60% for one hour by partially… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Molecular mechanism of gonadotropin releasing hormone action. II. The effector system.
I. Introduction GONADOTROPIN-releasing hormone (GnRH)1 is a decapeptide which is synthesized and stored in neurosecretory cells… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Hypothalamic-pituitary function in growth hormone-deficient patients with pituitary stalk transection.
We compared 1.5 T magnetic resonance (MR) image findings with hypothalamic-pituitary function in 11 patients with idiopathic… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Evidence that neuropeptide Y (NPY) released into the hypophysial-portal circulation participates in priming gonadotropes to the effects of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH).
NPY exhibits modulatory activity at both the adenohypophysial and the central levels of the rat hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Perfusion of colorectal hepatic metastases. Relative distribution of flow from the hepatic artery and portal vein
The importance of portal circulation in the delivery of drugs and nutrients to colorectal hepatic metastases is controversial… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Immunoreactive vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in rat hypophysial portal blood.
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) was measured by RIA in the hypophysial portal blood of rats after total hypophysectomy… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Gas Embolism Death After Laparoscopy Delayed by “Trapping” in Portal Circulation
A young woman died suddenly about 1 hour after instillation of CO2 for diagnostic laparoscopy. Post-mortem x-rays revealed large… 
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