Effect of polysaccharides extract of rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae on thymus, spleen and cardiac indexes, caspase-3 activity ratio, Smac/DIABLO and HtrA2/Omi protein and mRNA expression levels in aged rats

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 9285-9290

  Guo, Ling ^a   Le Sun, Yong ^a   Wang, Ai Hong ^a   Xu, Chong En ^a   Zhang, Meng Yuan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aged; Cardiac index; HtrA2 Omi; Polysaccharides extract of rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae; Rat; Smac DIABLO

Indexed keywords

ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA POLYSACCHARIDE; CASPASE 3; ISOPRENALINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; SERINE PROTEINASE OMI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRACTYLODES; ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE DEVELOPED PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; THYMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ATRACTYLODES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASPASE 3; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOME; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

RATTUS;

EID: 84868522492     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1677-x     Document Type: Article

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