Curcumin and α/β-Adrenergic Antagonists Cotreatment Reverse Liver Cirrhosis in Hamsters: Participation of Nrf-2 and NF-κB

Liver cirrhosis is the result of an uncontrolled fibrogenetic process, due to the activation and subsequent differentiation into myofibroblasts of the hepatic stellate cells (HSC). It is known that HSC express adrenoreceptors (AR), and the use of AR antagonists protects experimental animals from cir...

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Main Authors: José Roberto Macías-Pérez, Bruno Jesús Vázquez-López, Martin Humberto Muñoz-Ortega, Liseth Rubí Aldaba-Muruato, Sandra Luz Martínez-Hernández, Esperanza Sánchez-Alemán, Javier Ventura-Juárez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3019794
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