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Anti-liver Fibrosis with Integrated Traditional <strong>Chinese</strong> and Western <strong>Medicine</strong> 7 1<br />

chronic hepatitis B is more suitable for SA-B therapy (Liu et al., 1998d)<br />

(Fig. 6.6).<br />

6.3 Multi-Link and Multi-Level Comprehensive Anti-Liver<br />

Fibrosis Mechanism of <strong>Chinese</strong> Herbs<br />

The formation and development of liver fibrosis is a rather complicated<br />

process, so it is beneficial for us to bring to light the comprehensive<br />

advantage of compound recipe of <strong>Chinese</strong> herbs in inhibiting liver fibrosis<br />

from multi-link or multi-level - <strong>Chinese</strong> herbs are characterised by multi-<br />

ingredients.<br />

6.3.1 Inhibiting fibre prolqerating stimulating factor,<br />

HSC proliferation, TGFPl and collagen mRNA expression<br />

Pharmacodynamics experiment result indicate that FZHY can not only<br />

inhibit liver fibrosis formation induced by CC14, but can also enhance<br />

reversion of cirrhosis in rats induced by CC14 and dimethylnitrosamine<br />

(DMN) (Liu et al., 1997b and c). Lipid peroxidation product MDA is the<br />

fibre proliferation stimulating factor which can significantly enhance HSC<br />

proliferation, type I collagen mRNA expression and production of collagen.<br />

MDA content in liver tissue in rats with chronic liver injury induced by<br />

CC14 increases significantly and correlates positively to Hyp content in<br />

liver tissue. The recipe can significantly decrease MDA content in liver<br />

tissue, indicating that anti-liver fibrosis effect of FZHY is correlated to<br />

anti-lipid peroxidation. In vitro experiments on cells isolated from chronic<br />

liver injury model after administration and cells that are treated with<br />

drug serum suggest that FZHY can significantly inhibit activation and<br />

proliferation of HSC, inhibit PDGF-BB stimulated HSC proliferation,<br />

inhibit TGF-P1 mRNA and its protein expression of HSC, and inhibit<br />

collagen mRNA and protein expression. Further recipe-splitting research<br />

reveal that stasis transforming drugs in the recipe has the strongest effect<br />

on inhibiting HSC proliferation and activation, right supporting drugs have<br />

the best effect on inhibiting type I collagen mRNA and protein expression<br />

and cordyceps have the most obvious effect on decreasing TGF-PI mRNA

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