Baicalein protects against polymicrobial sepsis-induced liver injury via inhibition of inflammation and apoptosis in mice

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 748, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-53

  Liu, Anding ^a,b   Wang, Wenjie ^c   Fang, Haoshu ^d   Yang, Yan ^a   Jiang, Xiaojing ^c   Liu, Shenpei ^a   Hu, Jifa ^a   Hu, Qi ^a   Dahmen, Uta ^b   Dirsch, Olaf ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c WUHAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU COMMAND   (China)

^d ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Baicalein; Inflammation; Liverinjury; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BAICALEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; AUTACOID; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; ISOMERASE; MIF PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CECUM; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INJURIES; LIGATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PUNCTURE; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CECUM; FLAVANONES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HMGB1 PROTEIN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; LIGATION; LIVER; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MALE; MICE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PUNCTURES; SEPSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84920156684     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.12.014     Document Type: Article

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