Protection of gastrointestinal mucosa from acute heavy alcohol consumption: The effect of berberine and its correlation with TLR2, 4/IL1β-TNFα signaling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Xin Pei ^a   Lei, Fan ^b   Du, Feng ^c   Chai, Yu Shuang ^a   Jiang, Jing Fei ^a   Wang, Yu Gang ^d   Yu, Xuan ^a   Yan, Xiao Jin ^a   Xing, Dong Ming ^a   Du, Li Jun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BERBERINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TLR2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE NECROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; CACO-2 CELL LINE; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH MUCOSA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BERBERINE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CACO-2 CELLS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84941978767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134044     Document Type: Article

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