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Shi-Xue Dai1, Ying Zou, Yan-Ling Feng
1School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether baicalin, a Chinese herbal extract, down-regulates the expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), an inflammatory factor that regulates the function of macrophages (MΦ), in rats with trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid (TNBS)-induced ulcerative colitis (UC). The results showed that baicalin simultaneously down-regulated the expression of MIF, the quantity of MΦs and the amount of MΦ-related cytokines, including macrophage chemotactic factor-1 (MCP-1, CCL2) and macrophage inflammatory protein-3α (MIP-3α, CCL20), in rats with UC. There was no statistical difference between baicailin and mesalazine in down-regulating the expression of MIF. Our study demonstrated that baicalin, an inexpensive but effective monomer, could be a new and alternative pharmaceutical for UC.
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