Preventive effects of ME3738 on hepatic fibrosis induced by bile duct ligation in rats

Hepatology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 727-735

  Maeda, Kazunori ^a   Koda, Masahiko ^a   Matono, Tomomitsu ^a   Sugihara, Takaaki ^a   Yamamoto, Satoru ^a   Ueki, Masaru ^a   Murawaki, Yoshikazu ^a   Yamashita, Nobuyuki ^b   Nishiyama, Shoji ^b,c  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Pharmaceutical Research Center   (Japan)

^c OSAKA OHTANI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile duct ligation; Hepaticstellate cells; ME 3738; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

22B METHOXYOLEAN 12 ENE 3B,24(B) DIOL; 4 HYDROXYNONENAL; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; ME 3738; MESSENGER RNA; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 44649134002     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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