Acute pancreatitis is a multifactorial disease associated with the premature activation of digestive enzymes. The genes expressed in pancreatic acinar cells determine the severity of the disease. The present study determined the differentially expressed genes in pancreatic acinar cells treated with cerulein as an in vitro model of acute pancreatitis. Pancreatic acinar AR42J cells were stimulate...

Acute pancreatitis refers to the sudden inflammation of the pancreas. It is associated with premature activation and release of digestive enzymes into the pancreatic interstitium and systemic circulation, resulting in pancreatic tissue autodigestion and multiple organ dysfunction, as well as with increased cytokine production, ultimately leading to deleterious local and systemic effects. Althou...

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease, and is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders worldwide. Soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH; encoded by Ephx2) deficiency and pharmacological inhibition have beneficial effects in inflammatory diseases. Ephx2 whole-body deficiency mitigates experimental AP in mice, but the suitability of sEH pharmacological inhibition for treating AP re...

Pancreatic fibrosis is the hallmark of chronic pancreatitis, currently an incurable disease. Pancreatitis fibrosis is caused by deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) and the underlying pathological mechanism remains unclear. In addition to its broad biological activities, TGF-beta is a potent pro-fibrotic factor and many in vitro studies using cell systems have implicated a functional role o...

In the pathogenesis of pancreatitis, oxidative stress is involved in the activation of the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway and cytokine expression. High serum levels of cholecystokinin (CCK) have been reported in patients with acute pancreatitis, and treatment with cerulein, a CCK analogue, induces acute pancreatitis in a rodent model. Recent stu...

The Mucosal Addressin Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (MAdCAM-1) is associated with active inflammatory bowel disease; however MAdCAM-1 expression in the pancreas has not been previously documented. This study investigated MAdCAM-1 expression during cerulein-induced pancreatitis, and examined MAdCAM-1 expression, regulation and function in cytokine-treated pancreatic endothelial cells. Acute pancreati...

Our aim in the present study was to investigate the potential roles of the 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) and the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) in the regulation of apoptosis during cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis (CAP). A rat CAP model was induced by injection of cerulein (50 µg/kg), and the severity of CAP was esti...

Algül, Hana, Yusuke Tando, Michael Beil, Christoph K. Weber, Claus Von Weyhern, Günter Schneider, Guido Adler, and Roland M. Schmid. Different modes of NFB/Rel activation in pancreatic lobules. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 283: G270–G281, 2002; 10.1152/ajpgi.00407.2001.—The eukaryotic transcription factor nuclear factorB (NFB)/Rel is activated by a large variety of stimuli. It has be...

OBJECTIVE Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antimicrobial activities of Tribulus terrestris (T. terrestris) could be helpful in the treatment of acute pancreatitis; thus, this study was designed to investigate the effects of T. terrestris on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three doses (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg) of T. terrestris hydro-alcoholic extr...