supported by Theodore Bilharz Research Institute(grant number:ID-MS-99/A,2012,PI:Naglaa El-Lakkany)
Objective:To investigate the antifibrotic role of rosmarinic acid(RA),a natural polyphenolic compound,on HSCs activation/proliferation and apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Methods:The impact of RA on stellate cell line...
Acknowledgment We thank Dr Zhao-Hui Wei (TigerMed Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China) for assistance on statistical analysis. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81470871 ; Key Program, 81230011; Creative Research Groups, 30921006) and Shanghai Science and Technology Committee for the Key Projects (13JC1407400).
Hepatocytes are critical for the maintenance of liver homeostasis, but its involvement in hepatic fibrogenesis remains elusive. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1α(HNF1α) is a liver-enriched transcription factor that pla...
Supported by a Project Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia(NHMRC#496602 to GAR and PJL);Dr.Tamara Pereira is Supported by the Phillip Bushell Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from the Gastroenterological Society of Australia;Associate Professor Grant A Ramm is Supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship(NHMRC#552409)
Cholestatic liver disease causes significant morbidity and mortality in children.The diagnosis and management of these diseases can be complicated by an inability to detect early stages of fibrosis and a lack of adequ...
AIM: To investigate whether extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) is activated and associated with hepatic stellate cell (HSC) proliferation in fibrotic rat liver tissue.METHODS: Rat hepatic fibrosis wa...
Supported by Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project,No. Y0205
AIM: TO explore the relationship among interferon-γ (IFN-γ) activity, fibrogenesis, T cell immune responses and hepatic inflammatory activity. METHODS: Peripheral blood samples from a total of 43 hepatitis B cir...
Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,No.301361
AIM: To investigate the dynamic expression of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) protein and FAK mRNA in fibrotic rat liver tissue, and the relationship between FAK and hepatic stellate cell (HSC) proliferation.METHODS: Rat ...
Supported by Science and Technology fund of Fujian Province,No.2003D05
AIM: To observe the possible effects of transforming growth factor (TGF) β1, interleukin (IL)-6, tumor-necrosis factor (TNF) α and IL-10 on experimental rat hepatic fibrosis. METHODS: One hundred SD rats were divide...
theNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina (No 39870 331)
identify aldosterone synthase gene CYP11B2 mRNA expression in normal and fibrotic liver in rats and evaluate the curative effect of antisterone Methods 160 Wistar rats weighing about 250?g were divided into 4 grou...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.39870331.
INTRODUCTIONIt has been reported that renin-angiotensin systemexists in tissue and aldosterone can be synthesizedin extra-adrenal tissue including heart,bloodvessels and brain.Recent studies have broughtrich evidences...