Green tea polyphenol decreases the severity of portosystemic collaterals and mesenteric angiogenesis in rats with liver cirrhosis

Clinical Science

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 633-644

  Hsu, Shao Jung ^a,b   Wang, Sun Sang ^a,b   Hsin, I Fang ^a,b   Lee, Fa Yauh ^a,b   Huang, Hui Chun ^a,b   Huo, Teh Ia ^a,b   Lee, Wen Shin ^a,b   Lin, Han Chieh ^a,b   Lee, Shou Dong ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

( )Epigallocatechin 3 gallate (EGCG); Angiogenesis; Green tea polyphenol (GTP); Liver cirrhosis; Portosystemic collateral

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYPHENOLS; PORTAL PRESSURE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84893901321     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20130215     Document Type: Article

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