ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2019
Protective Effect of Alprostadil on Acute Pancreatitis in Rats via Inhibiting Janus Kinase 2 (JAK2)/STAT3 Signal Transduction Pathway.
Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cell death and its interaction with mitochondrial dysfunction in pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis: a comprehensive review.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026Review
- STATs Signaling Pathways in Acute Pancreatitis: Mechanisms and Regulation.International journal of medical sciences · 2026Review
- Article
- Transcriptomics reveals the underlying mechanism of Prostaglandin E1 in improving severe pneumonia.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Targeting the programmed cell death signaling mechanism with natural products for the treatment of acute pancreatitis: a review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Influence of Intestinal Lymphatic Ligation on Pulmonary Injury in Rats with Severe Acute Pancreatitis.Current medical science · 2022Article
- Efficacy of epalrestat combined with alprostadil for diabetic nephropathy and its impacts on renal fibrosis and related factors of inflammation and oxidative stress.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alprostadil can inhibit inflammation and reduce inflammation-related injury in many inflammatory diseases. However, the anti-inflammatory effect of alprostadil in decreasing acute pancreatitis (AP) injury remains unknow. This study aimed to investigate the possible protective effects and mechanism of alprostadil against AP in rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty healthy Sprague‑Dawley rats were randomly divided into a control group, an AP group, an AP-alprostadil group, an AP-AG490 group, and an AP-(alprostadil+AG490) group. An animal model of acute pancreatitis was established. The pathological changes of the pancreases in each group were observed. We assessed levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and myeloperoxidase (MPO), as well as serum IL-1ß, IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-alpha. TUNEL assay was used to detect apoptosis of pancreatic cells. The proteins p-Jak2 and p-Stat3 were investigated by Western blot. RESULTS Compared with the control group, pancreatic pathological score, pancreatic apoptosis, MDA, MPO, serum IL-1ß, IL-6, and TNF-alpha levels were significantly higher in the AP group, and SOD levels were significantly decreased. Compared with the AP group, after treatment with alprostadil, AG490, and alprostadil+AG490, respectively, the pancreatic pathological score, apoptosis, MDA, MPO, serum IL-1ß, IL-6, and TNF-alpha were significantly decreased in AP rats, while SOD levels were significantly increased. The protein levels of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 were significantly upregulated in the AP group compared with the control group, and the protein levels of p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 after treatment with alprostadil, AG490, and alprostadil+AG490 were significantly decreased, and the effect of alprostadil+AG490 was the strongest. CONCLUSIONS Alprostadil can reduce pancreatic tissue damage, delay pancreatic cell apoptosis, and reduce inflammation and anti-oxidative stress by inhibiting the JAK2/STAT3 signal pathway, thus protecting the pancreas.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.