L-cysteine administration attenuates pancreatic fibrosis induced by TNBS in rats by inhibiting the activation of pancreatic stellate cell.

<h4>Background and aims</h4>Recent studies have shown that activated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) play a major role in pancreatic fibrogenesis. We aimed to study the effect of L-cysteine administration on fibrosis in chronic pancreatitis (CP) induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid...

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Main Authors: LiJuan Yang, JiaQing Shen, ShanShan He, GuoYong Hu, Jie Shen, Feng Wang, Ling Xu, WeiQi Dai, Jie Xiong, JianBo Ni, ChuanYong Guo, Rong Wan, XingPeng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22359633/?tool=EBI