Tetramethylpyrazine can ameliorate hepatocellular mitochondrial dysfunction by decreasing the inflammatory response and increasing AQP8 protein expression in septic rats

Sepsis, which could lead to mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular energy loss, always induces acute liver injury and has a high mortality rate. Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is an active extract from the Chinese herb Ligusticum chuanxiong and exhibits anti-sepsis activity. In this study, a rat sepsis m...

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Main Authors: Xiaogen Tao, Kun Li, Jinquan Wang, Lin Zhang, Wei Li, Baotian Kan, Guangcai Yu, Xiangdong Jian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-12-01
Series:European Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X17731003