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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2015

Effects of thymosin β4 on a rat model of severe acute pancreatitis.

Xiaobo He, Jia Yu, Wenyi Guo, Teng Zuo, Qiao Shi, Kailiang Zhao, Weixing Wang

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaobo HeDepartment of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China.
Jia YuDepartment of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China.
Wenyi GuoDepartment of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China.
Teng ZuoDepartment of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China.
Qiao ShiDepartment of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China.
Kailiang ZhaoDepartment of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China.
Weixing WangDepartment of General Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430060, P.R. China.
Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CNWuhan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of thymosin β4 on a rat model of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) induced by sodium taurocholate (STC) and the underlying mechanism. SAP was induced by the retrograde infusion of 5% STC (1 ml/kg) into the bile-pancreatic duct. In certain rats, thymosin β4 (30 mg/kg) was administered intraperitoneally 30 min prior to the infusion of STC. The severity of pancreatitis was evaluated by the measurement of serum amylase, lipase, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels, and histological grading. Nuclear factor (NF)-κB activation was evaluated by immunohistochemistry and western blot analysis. Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 protein expression in the pancreas was studied using western blot analysis. Prophylactic administration of thymosin β4 was found to attenuate serum amylase and lipase activity and the serum concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines. In addition, it attenuated pathological pancreatic injury, pancreatic MPO activity, and the activation of NF-κB and ICAM-1 in the pancreas. These results suggest that thymosin β4 exerts a protective effect against STC-induced pancreatic injury.

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acute pancreatitiscytokineinflammationneutrophil infiltrationthymosin β4

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PMID26668646
PMCPMC4665812
OpenAlexW1903121876

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