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ArticleOncotarget2017

High CYP2E1 activity correlates with hepatofibrogenesis induced by nitrosamines.

Jie Gao, Gao-Ju Wang, Zhao Wang, Na Gao, Jing Li, Yun-Fei Zhang, Jun Zhou, Hong-Xin Zhang, Qiang Wen, Han Jin and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jie GaoInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Gao-Ju WangInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Zhao WangInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Na GaoInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Jing LiInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Yun-Fei ZhangInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Jun ZhouInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Hong-Xin ZhangInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Qiang WenInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Han JinInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Hai-Ling QiaoInstitute of Clinical Pharmacology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Zhengzhou University · CNHenan Cancer Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatofibrosis, which leads to cirrhosis and eventual hepatocellular carcinoma, is a common response to chronic toxin-mediated liver injury. Nitrosamines are potent hepatotoxic agents that cause necrosis and subsequent fibrosis in the liver as a result of cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1)-dependent metabolism, which generates toxic metabolites that form adducts with nucleic acids, leading to hepatotoxicity and mutagenesis. Herein, CYP2E1 activity and content were determined in fibrotic liver tissue from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. The relationship between CYP2E1 innate activity and hepatofibrogenesis was evaluated, the effect of inhibition of CYP2E1 activity on hepatofibrosis was determined in a Sprague-Dawley rat model of diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatofibrosis. The results demonstrated that the CYP2E1 activities in human fibrotic tissues are significantly higher than that in normal liver tissues. In rats treated with diethylnitrosamine, the livers demonstrated various degree of fibrotic changes and collagen deposition in individual rats. The Ishak score, which determines the stage of fibrosis, correlated with CYP2E1 innate activity, with greater fibrosis in rat livers with higher CYP2E1 innate activity. Inhibition of CYP2E1 during diethylnitrosamine treatment decreased hepatofibrosis and there was an inverse correlation between the degree of inhibition and the extent of hepatofibrosis. Therefore, high CYP2E1 activity is a risk factor for hepatofibrogenesis induced by nitrosamines.

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causal rolecytochrome P450 2E1diethylnitrosamineGerotargethepatic fibrosisprevention

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