题名

Herbal Supplement Attenuation of Cardiac Fibrosis in Rats with CCl4-Induced Liver Cirrhosis

DOI

10.4077/CJP.2014.BAB147

作者

Hsiao-Chuan Chang；Yung-Wei Chiu；Yueh-Min Lin；Ray-Jade Chen；James A. Lin；Fuu-Jen Tsai；Chang-Hai Tsai；Yu-Chun Kuo；Jer-Yuh Liu；Chih-Yang Huang

关键词

cardiac fibrosis ； CCl4 ； Ocimum gratissimum ； silymarin ； TGF-β

期刊名称

The Chinese Journal of Physiology

卷期/出版年月

57卷1期（2014 / 02 / 28）

页次

41 - 47

内容语文

英文
英文摘要

Previously we found carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) induced cirrhosis associated cardiac hypertrophy and apoptosis. The purpose of this study is to determine whether further CCl4 treatment would induce cardiac cell fibrosis. The cardiac tissues were analyzed by H&E. histological staining, Trichrome Masson staining and Western blotting. The results showed that the CCl4-treated-only group exhibits more trichrome staining, meaning that more fibrosis is present. Moreover, CCl4 could further induce cardiac-fibrosis via TGF-β-p-Smad2/3-CTGF pathway. However, our data showed that the CCl4- indcued cardiac abnormalities were attenuated by Ocimum gratissimum extract (OGE) and silymarin cotreatments. In conclusion, our results indicated that the OGE and silymarin may be a potential traditional herb for the protection of cardiac tissues from the CCl4 induced cirrhosis associated cardiac fibrosis through modulating the TGF-β signaling pathway.
主题分类 醫藥衛生 > 基礎醫學
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被引用次数
  1. Wang, Wen-Hong,Tsai, Chin-Chiu,Shyu, Jyh-Cherng,Liu, Jer-Yuh,Lee, Hsueh-Hui,Hwang, Jin-Ming,Hung, Chuan-Chen,Chiu, Yung-Wei,Chen, Yieng-How(2015).Protective Effects of Ocimum gratissimum Polyphenol Extract on Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Fibrosis in Rats.中國生理學雜誌,58(1),55-63.
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