Effects of Three Different Fibrates on Intrahepatic Cholestasis Experimentally Induced in Rats

Background. Activation of PPARα modulates cholesterol metabolism and suppresses bile acid synthesis. This study aims to evaluate the effect of PPARα agonists, fenofibrate, bezafibrate, and gemfibrozil, on acute cholestasis induced by ethinylestradiol (EE) plus chlorpromazine (CPZ) in rats. Method. 1...

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Main Authors: Alaa El-Sisi, Sahar Hegazy, Eman El-Khateeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:PPAR Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/781348
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