KMID : 0363320050260040853
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine 2005 Volume.26 No. 4 p.853 ~ p.863
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nhibitory Effect of Artemisiae Capillaris Herba on Fibrogenesis in Primary Cultured Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells
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Kim Young-Chul
Lee Jang-Hoon Woo Hong-Jung
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Abstract
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Object : This study was performed to investigate the anti-fibrogenic effect of Artemisiae Capillaris Herba(ACH) on cultured rat hepatic stellate cells.
Methods : Hepatic Stellate Cells were obtained from a 350gm Sprague-Dawley rat by tissue perfusion system, and the cells for the study were selected after 3 passages of culture on non-coated plastic culture dishes which enable the cells to activate, thus producing collagens in the cell media. Cells were treated with various concentrations of Artemisia Capillaris Herba(ACH) extract powder for 24 or 48 hours. After the treatment, Soluble collagen, procollagen levels and the mRNA of the procollagen type I C were measured by using assay kit and RT-PCR method.
Results : Procollagen production by the hepatic stellate cells decreased after the treatment in a time-dependent dose-dependent manner. The mRNA expression decreased consistently with the volume of the secreted procollagen which indicates the herb hat inhibitory effect on fibrogenesis of the liver by regulating one of the fibrosis associated genes in transcription.
Conclusion : These results suggest that ACH is beneficial in the treatment of cirrhotic patients as well as for the patients with chronic hepatitis.
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KEYWORD
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Hepatic Stellate Cells(HSCs), Artemisiae Capillaris Herba(ACH), Liver Cirrhosis, collagen, RT-PCR
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