Wedelolactone exhibits anti-fibrotic effects on human hepatic stellate cell line LX-2

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 714, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 105-111

  Xia, Yanzhe ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Cao, Yuan ^a   Xu, Chenshu ^a   Li, Ruiming ^a   Pan, Yuhua ^a   Chen, Xiao ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hepatic stellate cell; Liver fibrosis; NF B; Wedelolactone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; I KAPPA B; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WEDELOLACTONE;

ANTIFIBROTIC EFFECT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; STELLATE CELL; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; NF-ΚB; WEDELOLACTONE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COUMARINS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NF-KAPPA B; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84879822439     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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