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Guerra,R.R.; Trotta,M.R.; Parra,O.M.; Avanzo,J.L.; Bateman,A.; Aloia,T.P.A.; Dagli,M.L.Z.; Hernandez-Blazquez,F.J.. |
Nutritional substances associated to some hormones enhance liver regeneration when injected intraperitoneally, being denominated hepatotrophic factors (HF). Here we verified if a solution of HF (glucose, vitamins, salts, amino acids, glucagon, insulin, and triiodothyronine) can revert liver cirrhosis and how some extracellular matrices are affected. Cirrhosis was induced for 14 weeks in 45 female Wistar rats (200 mg) by intraperitoneal injections of thioacetamide (200 mg/kg). Twenty-five rats received intraperitoneal HF twice a day for 10 days (40 mL·kg-1·day-1) and 20 rats received physiological saline. Fifteen rats were used as control. The HF applied to cirrhotic rats significantly: a) reduced the relative mRNA expression of the genes: Col-α1 (-53%),... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Liver cirrhosis; Hepatotrophic factors; Collagen; Matrix modulation; Progranulin. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001100005 |
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