Ginsenoside Rb1 inhibits cell activation and liver fibrosis in rat hepatic stellate cells

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1135-1143

  Lo, Yu Ting ^a   Tsai, Ya Hui ^a   Wu, Shu Ju ^b   Chen, Jiun Rong ^a,c   Chao, Jane C J ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ginsenoside Rb1; hepatic stellate cells; liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GELATINASE A; GINSENOSIDE RB 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGEN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GINSENOSIDES; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; TAIWAN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

PANAX GINSENG; RATTUS;

EID: 80054078673     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.1485     Document Type: Article

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