Conophylline suppresses hepatic stellate cells and attenuates thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis in rats

Liver International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1057-1067

  Kubo, Norio ^a,b   Saito, Rie ^c   Hamano, Kunihisa ^c   Nagasawa, Masahiro ^a   Aoki, Fumiaki ^a   Takei, Izumi ^d   Umezawa, Kazuo ^e   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^b   Kojima, Itaru ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cirrhosis; Collagen; Fibrosis; Stellate cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CASPASE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONOPHYLLINE; THIOACETAMIDE; VINCA ALKALOID;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TUNEL ASSAY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DNA REPLICATION; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; RATS; THIOACETAMIDE; VINCA ALKALOIDS;

EID: 84899998907     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/liv.12328     Document Type: Article

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