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Nitric oxide (NO), a short-lived free radical first identified as a potent endothelium-derived relaxing factor released from vascular endothelial cells, is synthesized by different cell types and plays an important role in many processes, such as blood pressure regulation, neurotransmission, tumor cell killing, immunity, and inflammation (Moncada et al. 1991). Its role in the regulation of cell and organ function under physiological and pathological conditions is complex, especially in the liver, where complicated relationships exist between different cell types that may be both sources of nitric oxide and targets of its action.
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Kmieć, Z. (2001). Nitric Oxide as a Mediator of Intercellular Communication in the Liver. In: Cooperation of Liver Cells in Health and Disease. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 161. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56553-3_8
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