ArticlePloS one2015
Protection of Gastrointestinal Mucosa from Acute Heavy Alcohol Consumption: The Effect of Berberine and Its Correlation with TLR2, 4/IL1β-TNFα Signaling.
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- Modulation of Toll-like Receptors with Natural Compounds: A Therapeutic Avenue Against Inflammaging?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- L-Theanine Mitigates Acute Alcoholic Intestinal Injury by Activating the HIF-1 Signaling Pathway to Regulate the TLR4/NF-κB/HIF-1α Axis in Mice.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Effects of Berberine on Lipid Metabolism, Antioxidant Status, and Immune Response in Liver of Tilapia (Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Different Green Tea Extracts on Chronic Alcohol Induced-Fatty Liver Disease by Ameliorating Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Mice.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2021Article
- Comparison of the TLR4/NFκB and NLRP3 signalling pathways in major organs of the mouse after intravenous injection of lipopolysaccharide.Pharmaceutical biology · 2019Article
- Anti-nociceptive effect of patchouli alcohol: Involving attenuation of cyclooxygenase 2 and modulation of mu-opioid receptor.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2019Article
- Integration of microRNA-mRNA profiles and pathway analysis of plant isoquinoline alkaloid berberine in SGC-7901 gastric cancers cells.Drug design, development and therapy · 2018Article
- TRPM8 in the negative regulation of TNFα expression during cold stress.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Linking Pathogenic Mechanisms of Alcoholic Liver Disease With Clinical Phenotypes.Gastroenterology · 2016Review
- Natural Products for the Prevention and Treatment of Hangover and Alcohol Use Disorder.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Review
- Berberine Inhibits Intestinal Polyps Growth in Apc (min/+) Mice via Regulation of Macrophage Polarization.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to confirm the protective effect of berberine (BBR) on gastrointestinal injury caused by acute heavy alcohol exposure, an effect that has not been reported previously. Our research details how BBR protects against gastrointestinal injuries from acute alcohol exposure using both in vivo and in vitro experiments. Acute high alcohol concentrations lead to obvious damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa, resulting in necrosis of the intestinal mucosa. Oral administration of BBR was able to significantly reduce this alcohol-induced damage, inhibit increases of alcohol-induced TNFα and IL-1β expression in gastrointestinal mucosa as well as their upstream signals TLR2 and TLR4, and regulate cytokines that modulate tight junctions. Alcohol consumption is a popular human social behavior worldwide, and the present study reports a comprehensive mechanism by which BBR protects against gastrointestinal injuries from alcohol stress, providing people with a novel application of BBR.
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