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ArticleClinical and experimental hepatology2020

Induction of synthesis of matrix metalloproteinases by interleukin-6; evidence for hepatic regeneration following hemi-hepatectomy.

Thamer Alghamdi, Ihab Shafek Atta, Mohamed El-Refaei

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Article in Clinical and experimental hepatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Thamer AlghamdiSurgery Department, Albaha Faculty of Medicine, Saudi Arabia.
Ihab Shafek AttaPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Assuit, Egypt.
Mohamed El-RefaeiBiochemistry Department, Albaha University, Faculty of Medicine, Saudi Arabia.
Al Baha University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aim of the studyInterleukin-6 (IL-6) can play a role in hepatic regeneration through many mechanisms, one of which is the induction of synthesis of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). The aim of the study is to focus on the significance and role of MMPs in the regenerative process to reveal the correlation between IL-6 and MMPs in rats following partial hepatectomy. MATERIAL AND

methodsFollowing hemi-hepatectomy, eighty male rats were divided into a control group and a group treated with IL-6 35 µg/100 gm body weight according to a lethality study. The blood samples were drawn from all animal groups for MMP-9 serum level assessment. For the quantitative determination of MMP-9 an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used (Cytoimmune Science Inc., MD) through the quantitative sandwich immunosorbent assay technique. A monoclonal antibody for MMP-9 was pre-coated onto microplate standards. After washing away the unbound substances, an enzyme-linked polyclonal antibody specific for cytokine was added to the wells and color developed in proportion to the amount of total cytokine (pro and/or active) bound in the initial step. The color development was stopped and the intensity of the color was measured.

resultsThe liver regeneration rate (%) was significantly higher in the group of rats treated with IL-6 (median value was 49.55% vs. 33.20%),

conclusionsThese results give evidence for the vital role of MMPs in the process of hepatic regeneration, the level of which, in turn, has a close relationship with the level of IL-6. MMPs have diverse effects in promoting angiogenesis, remodeling of extracellular matrix and endothelial cell proliferation.

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hemi-hepatectomyinterleukin-6liver regenerationmetalloproteinasesrats

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