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ArticlePancreas2014

Therapeutic administration of orlistat, rosiglitazone, or the chemokine receptor antagonist RS102895 fails to improve the severity of acute pancreatitis in obese mice.

Elise A Malecki, Karla J Castellanos, Robert J Cabay, Giamila Fantuzzi

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Article in Pancreas, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acute pancreatitis: Translating early mechanisms to bedside management.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elise A MaleckiFrom the Departments of *Medicine, †Kinesiology and Nutrition, and ‡Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Karla J Castellanos
Robert J Cabay
Giamila Fantuzzi
University of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

MOLECULAR TRAINING IN GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGYT32DK007788 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI DUDEJA, PRADEEP K · 2000 to 2014
$2.8M
Acute pancreatitis and obesityR01DK083328 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FANTUZZI, GIAMILA · 2010 to 2013
$1.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK083328NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK-083328NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007788NIDDK NIH HHS T32DK-007788
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveCurrently, there is no therapy for severe acute pancreatitis (AP) except for supportive care. The lipase inhibitor orlistat, the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ agonist rosiglitazone, and the chemokine receptor 2 antagonists attenuate the severity of AP in rodents if administered before or at the time of induction of pancreatitis. However, it is unknown whether these treatments are effective if administered therapeutically after induction of pancreatitis.

methodsMale C57BL6 mice with diet-induced obesity received 2 injections of mrIL-12 (150 ng per mouse) and mrIL-18 (750 ng per mouse) intraperitoneally at 24-hour intervals. The mice were injected 2, 24, and 48 hours after the second injection of IL-12 + IL-18 with orlistat (2 mg per mouse), rosiglitazone (0.4 mg per mouse), RS102895 (0.3 mg per mouse), or vehicle (20 μL of DMSO and 80 μL of canola oil) and euthanized after 72 hours.

resultsOrlistat decreased intra-abdominal fat necrosis compared with vehicle (P < 0.05). However, none of the drug treatments produced significant decreases in pancreatic edema, acinar necrosis, or intrapancreatic fat necrosis.

conclusionsDrugs previously shown to improve the severity of AP when given before or at the time of induction of pancreatitis failed to do so when administered therapeutically in the IL-12 + IL-18 model.

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Acute DiseaseAnimalsAnti-Obesity AgentsBenzoxazinesInterleukin-12Interleukin-18LactonesMaleMice, Inbred C57BLObesityOrlistatPancreatitisPiperidinesReceptors, CCR2RosiglitazoneSeverity of Illness IndexAnti-Obesity AgentsBenzoxazinesInterleukin-12Interleukin-18LactonesOrlistatPiperidinesReceptors, CCR2RosiglitazoneRS 102895ThiazolidinedionesVasodilator Agents

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PMID24632545
PMCPMC4151050
OpenAlexW2313006537

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