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Suppressive effect of berberine on experimental dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis.
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PMID:  22564173     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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The anti-inflammatory effect of berberine was evaluated in murine model of acute experimental colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS). Berberine, given orally at 40, 20, 10 mg/kg for 10 days, ameliorated all the supposed inflammatory symptoms of the induced colitis, such as body weightloss, blood hemoglobin reduction, high myeloperoxidase levels, and malondialdehyde content-inflamed mucosa. Furthermore, the cytokine production of splenic lymphocytes was analyzed. The results showed the IFN-γ and IL-12 were increased, but IL-4 and IL-10 were decreased in DSS-induced colitis,when those were compared with the normal control. But the administration of berberine to DSS-induced colitis mice showed lower production of IFN-γ and IL-12 and higher production of IL-4 and IL-10 than the DSS-induced colitis mice. The results suggest that the protective effects of berberine against the DSS-induced colitis may be associated with the regulation of cytokine production.
Authors:
Tie Hong; Zhen Yang; Chuan-Feng Lv; Yu Zhang
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology     Volume:  34     ISSN:  1532-2513     ISO Abbreviation:  Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol     Publication Date:  2012 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-05-08     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  8800150     Medline TA:  Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  391-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Jilin University , Changchun 130021 , P. R. China.
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