Taurine attenuates liver injury by downregulating phosphorylated p38 MAPK of Kupffer cells in rats with severe acute pancreatitis

Inflammation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 690-701

  Wei, Sidong ^a   Huang, Qingyong ^a   Li, Jinzheng ^a   Liu, Zuojin ^a   You, Haibo ^a   Chen, Yong ^a   Gong, Jianping ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kupffer cells; Liver injury; p38 mitogen activated protein kinase; Severe acute pancreatitis; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; TAURINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEVERE ACUTE PANCREATITIS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMYLASES; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DOWN-REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PANCREATITIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAURINE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

RATTUS;

EID: 84863775565     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: 15732576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-011-9362-0     Document Type: Article

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