Berberine protects human renal proximal tubular cells from hypoxia/reoxygenation injury via inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial stress pathways

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yu, Wenli ^a   Sheng, Mingwei ^a   Xu, Rubin ^a   Yu, Jianjian ^c   Cui, Kang ^b   Tong, Jingkai ^b   Shi, Liying ^b   Ren, Hengchang ^a   Du, Hongyin ^a,d  

^a TIANJIN FIRST CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Key Lab for Critical Care Medicine of the Ministry of Health   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Berberine; Endoplasmic reticulum stress; Kidney; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN HK 2; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MITOCHONDRIAL STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENAL PROTECTION; REOXYGENATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BERBERINE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 84872905488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-24     Document Type: Article

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