Vitamin C protective role for alcoholic liver disease in mice through regulating iron metabolism

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-348

  Guo Xiaoqiang, ^a   Li Wenjie, ^a   Xin Qiliang, ^a   Ding Hui, ^a   Zhang Caiyun, ^a   Chang Yanzhong, ^a   Duan Xianglin, ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alcoholic liver disease; hepcidin; iron metabolism related genes; iron overload; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; CD71 ANTIGEN; FERROPORTIN 1; HEPCIDIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

MUS;

EID: 79955682295     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710387007     Document Type: Article

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