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ArticleBioMed research international2015

Thaliporphine derivative improves acute lung injury after traumatic brain injury.

Gunng-Shinng Chen, Kuo-Feng Huang, Chien-Chu Huang, Jia-Yi Wang

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Article in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Aquaporins: a novel perspective in the treatment of lung diseases.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gunng-Shinng ChenGraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan ; Division of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics and Pedodontics, Department of Dentistry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
Kuo-Feng HuangDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 23142, Taiwan ; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan.
Chien-Chu HuangTeaching Department of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
Jia-Yi WangGraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan ; Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
China Medical University · TWTaipei Medical University · TWTaipei Tzu Chi Hospital · TWTri-Service General Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute lung injury (ALI) occurs frequently in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is associated with a poor clinical outcome. Aquaporins (AQPs), particularly AQP1 and AQP4, maintain water balances between the epithelial and microvascular domains of the lung. Since pulmonary edema (PE) usually occurs in the TBI-induced ALI patients, we investigated the effects of a thaliporphine derivative, TM-1, on the expression of AQPs and histological outcomes in the lung following TBI in rats. TM-1 administered (10 mg/kg, intraperitoneal injection) at 3 or 4 h after TBI significantly reduced the elevated mRNA expression and protein levels of AQP1 and AQP4 and diminished the wet/dry weight ratio, which reflects PE, in the lung at 8 and 24 h after TBI. Postinjury TM-1 administration also improved histopathological changes at 8 and 24 h after TBI. PE was accompanied with tissue pathological changes because a positive correlation between the lung injury score and the wet/dry weight ratio in the same animal was observed. Postinjury administration of TM-1 improved ALI and reduced PE at 8 and 24 h following TBI. The pulmonary-protective effect of TM-1 may be attributed to, at least in part, downregulation of AQP1 and AQP4 expression after TBI.

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Acute Lung InjuryAnimalsAporphinesAquaporin 1Aquaporin 4Brain InjuriesGene ExpressionHumansRatsAporphinesAqp1 protein, ratAqp4 protein, ratAquaporin 1Aquaporin 4thaliporphine

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PMID25705683
PMCPMC4330958
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