Fuzheng Huayu Capsule Attenuates Hepatic Fibrosis by Inhibiting Activation of Hepatic Stellate Cells

Copyright © 2020 Mei Wu et al..

AIM: To investigate the mechanisms of Fuzheng Huayu (FZHY) Capsule in the treatment of hepatitis B (HBV)- associated fibrosis, HBV patients were divided into two groups, 50 cases were in the nucleotide analogues (NAs) group, while additional 50 cases were in the NAs + FZHY group.

METHODS: We assessed the curative effects of antifibrosis through liver function, FibroScan test, and liver biopsy and detected the ratio of lymphocyte subsets by flow cytometry. Peripheral blood lymphocyte and CD8+T, CD4+T, and natural killer cell subsets collected from patients were cocultured with LX-2 cells. Activation of LX-2 cells, production of the extracellular matrix, apoptosis, and proliferation of LX-2 cells were determined. Chronic liver injury models were established by ConA treatment.

RESULTS: It is evident that FZHY treatment significantly increased the percentage of NK cells, the rate of death, and apoptosis of LX-2 cells and decreased the FibroScan liver stiffness measurement value. The expressions of α-SMA and procollagen type I mRNA in LX-2 cells of the FZHY treatment group as downregulated when they were cocultured with lymphocytes compared to those from the NAs group. The proliferation of LX-2 cells in the FZHY treatment group was inhibited compared to that in the NAs group. In a mouse model of hepatic fibrosis, PBLs and IHLs from ConA exposure plus FZHY treatment inhibited the ability of JS-1 cells to express α-SMA.

CONCLUSIONS: FZHY Capsule improved the disordered cellular immunity and postponed liver fibrosis possibly through inhibiting the interaction between lymphocyte and hepatic stellate cells.

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2020

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Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM - 2020(2020) vom: 15., Seite 3468791

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Englisch

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Wu, Mei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Qin, Sheng-Lan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Li-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Ping, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Tao, Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Lie-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jian [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 14.04.2022

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10.1155/2020/3468791

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