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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Procyanidin B2 Attenuates Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury via Regulating Hippo/Rho/PI3K/NF-κB Signaling Pathway.

Go Oun Kim, Dong Ho Park, Jong-Sup Bae

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Go Oun KimCollege of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.
Dong Ho ParkDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu 41944, Republic of Korea.
Jong-Sup BaeCollege of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5756-9367
Kyungpook National University · KRKyungpook National University Hospital · KR

Funding

a grant from the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry De-velopment Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea HI15C0001National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) 2020R1A2C1004131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a frequent and challenging aspect of sepsis that currently lacks effective treatments. Procyanidin B2 (PB2) has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness and mechanism of action of PB2 in treating sepsis-induced ALI using animal experiments. A sepsis-induced ALI mouse model was used by administering lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and then evaluating the levels of inflammatory cytokines and lung injury through measurements of cytokine levels using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blot and real-time PCR, as well as by the examination of relevant signaling pathways. The animal experiments showed that PB2 protected the lungs from injury caused by LPS and reduced the levels of various inflammatory cytokines in both the serum and lung tissue. Western blot analysis showed that PB2 reduced the expression of TLR4/NF-κB and increased the expression of PI3K/Akt, and also inhibited the Hippo and Rho signaling pathways. The results of the study showed that PB2 helps to treat sepsis-induced ALI by controlling cytokine storms and reducing inflammation by altering the expressions of the TLR4/NF-κB, PI3K/Akt, Hippo and Rho signaling pathways. This research provides a foundation for the further investigation of PB2's mechanism and its potential use in treating sepsis.

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Acute Lung InjurySepsisAnimalsBiflavonoidsCatechinCytokinesLipopolysaccharidesLungMiceNF-kappa BPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProanthocyanidinsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 4BiflavonoidsCatechinCytokinesLipopolysaccharidesNF-kappa BPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProanthocyanidinsprocyanidin B2Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktToll-Like Receptor 4acute lung injuryhippoprocyanidin B2rhosepsis

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PMID37175637
PMCPMC10177954
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