Assessment of the protective effects of oral tocotrienols in arginine chronic-like pancreatitis

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  González, Ana María ^a   Garcia, Tania ^a   Samper, Esther ^b   Rickmann, Mariana ^b   Vaquero, Eva Cristina ^b   Molero, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; AMYLASE; ARGININE; COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; PROTEINASE; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TOCOMIN 50; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STELLATE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOCOTRIENOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055039032     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00485.2010     Document Type: Article

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