Berberine reduces rat intestinal tight junction injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion associated with the suppression of inducible nitric oxide synthesis

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1297-1312

  Gu, Lili ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Yu, Wenkui ^a   Gong, Jianfeng ^a   Li, Qiurong ^a   Zhu, Weiming ^a   Li, Jieshou ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Berberine; Ischemia Reperfusion; Nitric Oxide Synthesis; Tight Junction

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ILEUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LIPID RAFT; MALE; MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BERBERINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84887927401     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X13500870     Document Type: Article

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