| Literature DB >> 20398721 |
Pei-Yi Chu1, Se-Ping Chien, Dur-Zong Hsu, Ming-Yie Liu.
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We investigated the effect of sesamol on systemic lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced lung inflammation in rats. Sesamol decreased lung edema and injury, significantly decreased LPS-induced cell counts, protein concentration, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and nitrite levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and decreased the TNF-alpha, nitrite, and inducible nitric oxide synthase protein expression in lung tissue. Further, sesamol significantly inhibited LPS-induced TNF-alpha, nitrite, inducible nitric oxide synthase expression, and nuclear factor-kappaB activation levels in primary alveolar macrophages. We hypothesize that sesamol attenuates systemic LPS-induced lung inflammation by inhibiting the alveolar macrophage inflammatory response in rats. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20398721 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.04.014
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Food Chem Toxicol ISSN: 0278-6915 Impact factor: 6.023