Molecular mechanism underlying natural taurine protection against hepatic fibrosis

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 09:56 in Health & Medicine

A research team from China investigated the global protein expression changes in hepatic stellate cells affected by taurine using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry platform. Their results showed that natural taurine can promote HSC apoptosis so as to inhibit hepatic fibrosis.

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