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SUBMITTER: Yao H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5359219 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yao Hong H Sun Yiping Y Song Shasha S Qi Yan Y Tao Xufeng X Xu Lina L Yin Lianhong L Han Xu X Xu Youwei Y Li Hua H Sun Huijun H Peng Jinyong J
Frontiers in pharmacology 20170321
The protective effects of dioscin, a natural steroidal saponin from some medicinal plants including <i>Dioscorea nipponica</i> Makino, against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- induced acute liver and renal damages have been reported in our previous works. However, the actions of dioscin against LPS-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is still unknown. In the present study, we investigated the effects and mechanisms of dioscin against LPS-induced ALI <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i>. The results showed th ...[more]