Yumei, Fu <br/><br/>
The antifibrogenic effect of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate results from the induction of de novo synthesis of glutathione in passaged rat hepatic stellate cells.  [electronic resource] 

 -  Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology  Jul 2006 
 - 697-709 p.  digital 
<br/><br/> Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>0023-6837 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1038/labinvest.3700425  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Animals<br/>Antioxidants--pharmacology<br/>Catechin--analogs & derivatives<br/>Cell Culture Techniques<br/>Cells, Cultured<br/>Connective Tissue Growth Factor<br/>Culture Media--analysis<br/>Dose-Response Relationship, Drug<br/>Extracellular Matrix--drug effects<br/>Fibrinogen--antagonists & inhibitors<br/>Fibrosis--prevention & control<br/>Glutathione--analysis<br/>Hepatocytes--cytology<br/>Immediate-Early Proteins--pharmacology<br/>Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins--pharmacology<br/>Lipid Peroxidation--drug effects<br/>Liver--cytology<br/>Male<br/>Procollagen--metabolism<br/>Rats<br/>Rats, Sprague-Dawley<br/>Reactive Oxygen Species--analysis<br/>Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta--genetics<br/>Signal Transduction--drug effects<br/>Tea<br/>Transforming Growth Factor beta--analysis<br/>Transforming Growth Factor beta1