Taurine drinking ameliorates hepatic granuloma and fibrosis in mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-43

  Yu, Yan Rong ^a   Ni, Xian Qiang ^a   Huang, Jie ^a   Zhu, Yong Hong ^a   Qi, Yong Fen ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Granuloma; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; DRINKING WATER; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN1ALPHA; TAURINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOTRANSFERASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PROTECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CERCARIA; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; DRINKING WATER; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MICE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TAURINE; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84955442812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2016.01.003     Document Type: Article

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