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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Antifibrotic Effect of Smad Decoy Oligodeoxynucleotide in a CCl₄-Induced Hepatic Fibrosis Animal Model.

Mi-Gyeong Gwon, Jung-Yeon Kim, Hyun-Jin An, Woon-Hae Kim, Hyemin Gu, Min-Kyung Kim, Sok Cheon Park, Kwan-Kyu Park

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. 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
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mi-Gyeong GwonDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu 42472, Korea. daldy88@cu.ac.kr.
Jung-Yeon KimDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu 42472, Korea. jy1118@cu.ac.kr.
Hyun-Jin AnDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu 42472, Korea. ahj119@cu.ac.kr.
Woon-Hae KimDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu 42472, Korea. kimwoonhae@cu.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-1536-5374
Hyemin GuDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu 42472, Korea. guhm1207@cu.ac.kr.
Min-Kyung KimDepartment of Pathology, Dongguk University School of Medicine, Gyeongju 38066, Korea. minkyungk76@naver.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8937-3492
Sok Cheon ParkSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst, NSW 2795, Australia. spak@csu.edu.au.
Kwan-Kyu ParkDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu 42472, Korea. kkpark@cu.ac.kr.
Daegu Catholic University · KRCharles Sturt University · AUDongguk University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatic fibrosis is the wound-healing process of chronic hepatic disease that leads to the end-stage of hepatocellular carcinoma and demolition of hepatic structures. Epithelial⁻mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been identified to phenotypic conversion of the epithelium to mesenchymal phenotype that occurred during fibrosis. Smad decoy oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) is a synthetic DNA fragment containing a complementary sequence of Smad transcription factor. Thus, this study evaluated the antifibrotic effects of Smad decoy ODN on carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄)-induced hepatic fibrosis in mice. As shown in histological results, CCl₄ treatment triggered hepatic fibrosis and increased Smad expression. On the contrary, Smad decoy ODN administration suppressed fibrogenesis and EMT process. The expression of Smad signaling and EMT-associated protein was markedly decreased in Smad decoy ODN-treated mice compared with CCl₄-injured mice. In conclusion, these data indicate the practicability of Smad decoy ODN administration for preventing hepatic fibrosis and EMT processes.

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AnimalsBase SequenceCarbon TetrachlorideDisease Models, AnimalEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionExtracellular MatrixLiverLiver CirrhosisMaleMiceOligodeoxyribonucleotidesSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsTransfectionCarbon TetrachlorideOligodeoxyribonucleotidesSmad ProteinsCCl4decoyliver fibrosisoligodeoxynucleotideSmad

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PMID30103395
PMCPMC6222866
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