ANTIBIOTICS PREVENT LIVER-INJURY IN RATS FOLLOWING LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO ETHANOL
ANTIBIOTICS PREVENT LIVER-INJURY IN RATS FOLLOWING LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO ETHANOL
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-5085(95)90027-6
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发表时间:
1995-01-01
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影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
THURMAN, RG
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作者:
ADACHI, Y;MOORE, LE;THURMAN, RG
Background/Aims: Kupffer's cells participate in alcohol-induced liver injury, and endotoxemia is observed in human alcoholics and in a rat model. This study evaluated the effect of reducing bacterial endotoxin production by intestinal sterilization on alcohol-induced liver injury. Methods: Male Wistar rats were exposed to ethanol continuously for up to 3 weeks via intragastric feeding. The gut was sterilized with polymyxin B and neomycin. Results: Fecal culture of stool samples from ethanol-fed rats treated with antibiotics showed virtually no growth of gram-negative bacteria. Endotoxin levels of 80-90 pg/mL in plasma of ethanol-fed rats were reduced to