Role of cAMP and phosphodiesterase signaling in liver health and disease

B Wahlang, C McClain, S Barve, L Gobejishvili - Cellular signalling, 2018 - Elsevier
Liver disease is a significant health problem worldwide with mortality reaching around 2
million deaths a year. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcoholic liver disease …

Wogonin attenuates liver fibrosis via regulating hepatic stellate cell activation and apoptosis

XS Du, HD Li, XJ Yang, JJ Li, JJ Xu, Y Chen… - International …, 2019 - Elsevier
Liver fibrosis is the representative features of liver chronic inflammation and the
characteristic of early cirrhosis. To date, effective therapy for liver fibrosis is lacking …

[HTML][HTML] Protective effects of pentoxifylline on acute liver injury induced by thioacetamide in rats

M Luo, L Dong, J Li, Y Wang… - International journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pentoxifylline (PTX) is a non-selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor with the effects of
antioxidation, anti-inflammation and anti-fibrosis that has been shown to induce damage in …

Sennoside A prevents liver fibrosis by binding DNMT1 and suppressing DNMT1‐mediated PTEN hypermethylation in HSC activation and proliferation

H Zhu, C He, H Zhao, W Jiang, S Xu, J Li… - The FASEB …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation is an essential event during liver fibrogenesis.
Phosphatase and tension homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is a negative …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of tadalafil and pentoxifylline on apoptosis and nitric oxide synthase in liver ischemia/reperfusion injury

S Bektas, K Karakaya, M Can, B Bahadir… - The Kaohsiung journal …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of tadalafil (TDF) and pentoxifylline (PTX)
on hepatic apoptosis and the expressions of endothelial and inducible nitric oxide synthases …

[HTML][HTML] L-Carnitine ameliorates the liver by regulating alpha-SMA, iNOS, HSP90, HIF-1alpha, and RIP1 expressions of CCL4-toxic rats

D Karabulut, AT Akin, M Unsal… - Iranian journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective (s): Carbon tetrachloride (CCL 4) toxicity triggers fibrosis, activating various
mechanisms within the cell. We aimed to create damage with CCL 4 and investigate the …

Antifibrotic effects of pentoxifylline improve the efficacy of gemcitabine in human pancreatic tumor xenografts

JH Kim, BC Shin, WS Park, J Lee, HJ Kuh - Cancer science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the combinatorial effects of pentoxifylline (PTX) on the efficacy of
gemcitabine (GEM) in a human pancreatic tumor xenograft model. PTX significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Expression of bax and bcl2 genes in MDMA-induced hepatotoxicity on rat liver using quantitative real-time PCR method through triggering programmed cell …

M Behroozaghdam, M Hashemi, G Javadi… - Iranian Red Crescent …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: 3-4methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a synthetic and psychoactive
drug, which is known popularly as Ecstasy and has toxic effects on human organs …

A Multidrug Donor Preconditioning Improves Steatotic Rat Liver Allograft Function and Recipient Survival After Transplantation

M Xu, SM Alwahsh, MH Kim… - Transplant …, 2024 - frontierspartnerships.org
The scarcity of donors has prompted the growing utilization of steatotic livers, which are
susceptible to injuries following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). This study aims to …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction in ischemic brain injury following the administration of pentoxifylline after transient global ischemia/reperfusion in a rat model

ZN Sharifi, S Movassaghi… - Medical journal of the …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: It is well known that the hippocampus, the CA1 Pyramidal cells in particular, is
selectively vulnerable during global cerebral ischemia. Recently, it is observed that …