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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2007

Anti-inflammatory effects of pravastatin on Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis in mice.

Masanori Yamato, Toshio Watanabe, Kazuhide Higuchi, Koichi Taira, Tetsuya Tanigawa, Masatsugu Shiba, Kazunari Tominaga, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Nobuhide Oshitani, Koji Takeuchi and 1 more

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Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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11 authors.

Masanori YamatoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
Toshio Watanabe
Kazuhide Higuchi
Koichi Taira
Tetsuya Tanigawa
Masatsugu Shiba
Kazunari Tominaga
Yasuhiro Fujiwara
Nobuhide Oshitani
Koji Takeuchi
Tetsuo Arakawa

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Abstract

Pravastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, exerts anti-inflammatory effects via several mechanisms including induction of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). We investigated the effect of pravastatin on Helicobacter pylori-induced gastritis in mice. Mice with or without H. pylori infection received intraperitoneal pravastatin daily for 1 week. Expression of eNOS mRNA and tumor necrosis factor-alpha mRNA and myeloperoxidase activity in gastric tissue was determined. Myeloperoxidase activity was reduced in a dose-dependent manner by pravastatin, with activity inhibited by 53.5 and 73.7% at doses of 0.3 and 1 mg/kg, respectively. At a dose of 1 mg/kg, pravastatin reduced the level of tumor necrosis factor-alpha mRNA by 52.7%, while it did not affect eNOS expression. Pravastatin had no effects on these inflammatory parameters in uninfected mice. Pravastatin did not affect the viability of H. pylori. In conclusion, pravastatin exerts an anti-inflammatory effect on H. pylori-induced gastritis in mice without affecting eNOS expression.

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AnimalsBiomarkersDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastric MucosaGastritisGene ExpressionHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsImmunohistochemistryInterleukin-1betaMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIBiomarkersHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsInterleukin-1betaNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIIPravastatinRNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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