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Antioxidants up-regulate PPAR$gamma; and decrease fibrosis in chronic pancreatitis
- Source :
- The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 98:S64
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2003.
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Abstract
- Purpose: Pancreatic fibrosis results from repeated episodes of inflammation and chronic oxidative stress within the pancreas. PPAR is a ligand-activated transcription factor that modulates inflammation in different tissues, and has been shown to block activation of pancreatic stellate cells in vitro.The aim of this study was to investigate the antifibrotic/anti-inflammatory effect of the antioxidants, vitamin C and vitamin E, in chronic pancreatitis.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
medicine.medical_specialty
Hepatology
Vitamin C
business.industry
Vitamin E
medicine.medical_treatment
Gastroenterology
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
Inflammation
medicine.disease
Endocrinology
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Fibrosis
Internal medicine
medicine
Hepatic stellate cell
Pancreatitis
medicine.symptom
Pancreas
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00029270
- Volume :
- 98
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Gastroenterology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........43096bf0bfbddb875e116ef1cf91751d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9270(03)00954-7