Melatonin reduces bacterial translocation and apoptosis in trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-induced colitis of rats

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AKCAN A., Küçük C., Sozuer E., ESEL D., Akyildiz H. Y., AKGÜN H., ...More

WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.14, no.6, pp.918-924, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.3748/wjg.14.918
  • Journal Name: WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.918-924
  • Keywords: melatonin, colitis, bacterial translocation, apoptosis, INFLAMMATORY-BOWEL-DISEASE, MESENTERIC LYMPH-NODES, TNBS-INDUCED COLITIS, ULCERATIVE-COLITIS, EPITHELIAL-CELLS, CROHNS-DISEASE, IMMUNE-SYSTEM, MODEL, COLON, EXPRESSION
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AIM: To investigate the effects of exogenous; melatonin on bacterial translocation and apoptosis in a rat ulcerative colitis model.