Molecular and Histopathological Study on the Ameliorative Effects of Curcumin Against Lead Acetate-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Nephrototoxicity in Wistar Rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-102

  Soliman, Mohamed M ^a,b   Baiomy, Ahmed A ^a,c   Yassin, Magdy H ^a,d  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Gene expression; Histopathology; Immunoglobulins; Kidney; Lead intoxication; Liver

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CREATININE; CURCUMIN; DESMIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEAD ACETATE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OROSOMUCOID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UREA; VIMENTIN; ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRALUMINAL HYALINE CAST; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; TISSUE DEGENERATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR FIBROSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GENETICS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; ZEA MAYS;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIOMARKERS; CATALASE; CURCUMIN; CYTOKINES; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; MALE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84938989479     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-015-0280-0     Document Type: Article

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