Oral administration of taurine improves experimental pancreatic fibrosis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-327

  Shirahige, Akinori ^a   Mizushima, Takaaki ^a   Matsushita, Koki ^a   Sawa, Kiminari ^a   Ochi, Koji ^a   Ichimura, Mitsuko ^a   Tanioka, Hiroaki ^a   Shinji, Toshiyuki ^a   Koide, Norio ^a   Tanimoto, Mitsune ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Dibutyldichlorotin; Fibrosis; Pancreatitis; Taurine

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DIBUTYLTIN DICHLORIDE; GELATIN; GELATINASE A; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; TAURINE; TAURINE CHLORAMINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIET; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; STELLATE CELL; SUPERNATANT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; WISTAR RAT; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 39149084007     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2007.05127.x     Document Type: Article

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