Previous studies have shown that endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS)-derived NO is an important signaling molecule in ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury. Deficiency of eNOS-derived NO has been shown to exacerbate injury in hepatic and myocardial models of I-R. We hypothesized that transgenic overexpression of eNOS (eNOS-TG) would reduce hepatic I-R injury. We subjected two strains of e...

We investigated whether antithrombin (AT) can reduce ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced injury of rat liver by promoting prostacyclin release from endothelial cells. Although intravenous administration of AT (250 U/kg) markedly reduced hepatic injury, neither dansyl-Glu-Gly-Arg-chloromethyl ketone-treated factor Xa (DEGR-Xa), a selective inhibitor of thrombin generation, nor Trp49-modified AT, ...

Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose induces acute liver injury. The aim of the present study was to analyze the difference of susceptibility between immature and adult mice to APAP-induced acute liver injury. Weanling immature and adult mice were injected with APAP (300 mg/kg). As expected, immature mice were more susceptible than adult mice to APAP-induced acute liver injury. APAP-evoked hepatic c-J...

24 Interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF1) is a nuclear transcription factor that induces inflammatory 25 cytokine mediators and contributes to hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R). Currently, no 26 strategies to mitigate IRF1-mediated liver damage exist. Interferon regulatory factor 2 (IRF2) is a 27 structurally similar endogenous protein that competes with IRF1 for DNA binding sites in IRF...

BACKGROUND Surgical procedures such as liver resection and liver transplantation are the first-line treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. However, the high incidence of tumor recurrence and metastasis after liver surgery remains a major problem. Recent studies have shown that hepatic ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) contribute to tumor ...

in india, a number of medicinal plants and their formulations are used to cure hepatic disorders in traditional systems of medicine. no systemic study has been done on protective effect of cucumis trigonus roxb. (cucurbitaceae) to treat hepatic diseases. protective action of c. trigonus fruit extracts was evaluated in this study in animal model of hepatotoxicity, which was induced by carbon tet...

CONTEXT Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a fascinating topic which has drawn a lot of interest in the last several years. Hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury may occur in a variety of clinical situations. These include transplantation, liver resection, trauma, and vascular surgery. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION The purpose of this review was to outline the molecular mechanisms underlying hepatic I/R inj...

To determine the role of neutrophils in the pathogenesis of hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury, livers from male Fischer rats were subjected to 45 min of no-flow ischemia followed by reperfusion for up to 24 h. Two phases of liver injury were identified, an initial phase during the first hour of reperfusion and a later progression phase with 80 +/- 3% hepatocyte necrosis and an 80-fold increas...