601 HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF SOMATOSTATIN AND RELATED LIGANDS IN PORTAL HYPERTENSIVE RATS

600 LONG-TERM COMMON BILE DUCT-LIGATION IN MICE INDUCES TUBULOINTERSTITIAL KIDNEY FIBROSIS AND CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE: ROLE OF BILE ACID NUCLEAR RECEPTOR FXR AND OSTEOPONTIN P. Fickert, A. Thueringer, T. Moustafa, M. Yang, H. Jaeschke, R.G. Wells, G. Stokman, H. Denk, M. Trauner. Department of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology Therapeutics, University of Kansas, Kansas, KS, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Center for Drug Research, Toxicology, University Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria E-mail: peter.fickert@klinikum-graz.at