Melatonin limits the expression of profibrogenic genes and ameliorates the progression of hepatic fibrosis in mice

Translational Research

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 346-357

  Crespo, Irene ^b   San Miguel, Beatriz ^b   Fernández, Ana ^b   Ortiz De Urbina, Juan ^b   González Gallego, Javier ^b   Tuñón, María J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPHIREGULIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; GELATINASE B; INDOLE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ACTIN; ALPHA-SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN, MOUSE; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; MMP9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TIMP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STELLATE CELL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG INJURY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-1; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84921438284     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: 18781810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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