Hydrogen sulfide attenuates carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity, liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension in rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Tan, Gang ^a   Pan, Shangha ^a   Li, Jie ^b   Dong, Xuesong ^a   Kang, Kai ^a   Zhao, Mingyan ^a   Jiang, Xian ^a   Kanwar, Jagat R ^c   Qiao, Haiquan ^a   Jiang, Hongchi ^a   Sun, Xueying ^a,d  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; GLUTATHIONE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROPARGYLGLYCINE; SODIUM HYDROSULFIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROXYPROLINE; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 80054709263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025943     Document Type: Article

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