N-acetylcysteine protects against liver injure induced by carbon tetrachloride via activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8655-8662

  Cai, Zhaobin ^a   Lou, Qi ^b   Wang, Fugen ^a   Li, Er ^a   Sun, Jingjing ^a   Fang, Hongying ^a   Xi, Jianjun ^a   Ju, Liping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Liver injure; N acetylcysteine; Nrf2 HO 1 pathway; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HEME OXYGENASE; HMOX1 PROTEIN, RAT; MESSENGER RNA; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANIMAL; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL AND DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMARKERS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHEMICAL AND DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); LIVER; MALE; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 85013015764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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