Effects of natural taurine on TGF - β1/Smad singaling pathway in rats of hepatic fibrosis

Journal of Dalian Medical University

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-339

  Deng, Xin ^a   Liang, Jian ^a   Huang, Bin ^a   Li, Yi Zhong ^a   Qin, Li Kui ^a   Zhang, Xi Liu ^b  

^a RUIKANG HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO GUANGXI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Guangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatic fibrosis; Smad; Taurine; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TAURINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 77951465466     PISSN: 16717295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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