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KMID : 0363320110320040504
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Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2011 Volume.32 No. 4 p.504 ~ p.518
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Effect of Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus L.) on Rat Hepatic Stellate Cells with Liver Fibrosis
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Lee Hong-Ri
Kim Young-Chul
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was performed to investigate the anti-fibrogenic effect of greater celandine on cultured rat hepatic stellate cells.
Materials and Methods : Hepatic stellate cells (HSC-T6) were treated with various concentrations of greater celandine extract for 24, 48, and 72 hours. The extraction was done with distilled water. After the treatment, cell viability, proliferation, mRNA of the αSMA, TIMP-1, TIMP-2, collagen I α 1, MMP-2, IL-6, TGF-β1, PDGFr-β1, Bcl-2, Bax, Bcl-xl, caspase-3, caspase-9 and the activities of SOD and catalase were measured by using MTT assay, BrdU assay, real-time PCR, superoxide dismutase assay and catalase assay.
Results: The viability, proliferation, mRNA expression and synthesis of collagen of the hepatic stellate cells were inhibited as the concentration increased, which indicates the herb has an inhibitory effect on fibrogenesis of the liver by regulating the fibrosis associated genes in transcription.
Conclusions: These results suggest that greater celandine would be beneficial in the treatment of fibrotic patients as well as for patients with chronic hepatitis.
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KEYWORD
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Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus L.), liver fibrosis, hepatic stellate cell (HSC), HSC-T6
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