Docosahexaenoic acid exhibits a potent protection of small intestine from methotrexate-induced damage in mice.

@article{Horie1998DocosahexaenoicAE,
  title={Docosahexaenoic acid exhibits a potent protection of small intestine from methotrexate-induced damage in mice.},
  author={Toshiharu Horie and Michihiko Nakamaru and Yasuhiro Masubuchi},
  journal={Life sciences},
  year={1998},
  volume={62 15},
  pages={
          1333-8
        }
}
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Protective effect of a synthetic analog of prostaglandin E(1) on the small intestinal damage induced by the administration of methotrexate to rats.
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Results show that OP-1206 alleviates the methotrexate-induced damage to the small intestine of rats, using in vitro everted intestine and in situ intestinal loop techniques.
Alleviation by garlic of antitumor drug-induced damage to the intestine.
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Results suggest that AGE may protect the small intestine of rats from antitumour drug-induced damage, and may even protect against damage from aged garlic extract.
Oxidative stress and enhanced paracellular permeability in the small intestine of methotrexate-treated rats
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NAC protected the small intestine of rats from MTX-induced change in paracellular permeability, suggesting that ROS played an important role in the enhanced parace cellular permeability.
Intervention of alpha-lipoic acid ameliorates methotrexate-induced oxidative stress and genotoxicity: A study in rat intestine.
Oxidative stress contributes to methotrexate-induced small intestinal toxicity in rats
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It is suggested that oxidative stress plays an important role in the MTX-induced small intestinal damage, especially neutrophil infiltration, and the modulation of oxidative stress would be useful in reducing intestinal damage in MTX treatment.
Modulation of methotrexate-induced intestinal mucosal injury by dietary factors
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HFHSD may modify MTX-induced toxicity in intestinal epithelia on account of an altered MTX distribution as a result of change in the intestinal environment, and microbiome and metabolome analyses on feces suggest a similarity of the intestinal environments of mice fed NC and HFHSD-M.
Changes in intestinal absorption of 5-fluorouracil-treated rats.
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The administration of 5-fluorouracil to rats caused body weight loss and epithelial barrier dysfunction of the small intestine in rats as shown by the increased permeation of the high molecular weight compound, fluorescein isothiocyanate-labelled dextran.
Aged garlic extract protects against methotrexate-induced apoptotic cell injury of IEC-6 cells.
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Results indicated that AGE protects IEC-6 cells from the MTX-induced damage, which may be useful in cancer chemotherapy with MTX because it reduces MTx-induced intestinal damage.
In vivo effects of highly purified docosahexaenoic acid on rectal insulin absorption.
Protective effects of dietary enrichment with docosahexaenoic acid plus protein in 5-fluorouracil-induced intestinal injury in the rat
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Enriching the diet with DHA protects against intestinal lesions produced by the anti-tumoural drug 5-FU but requires the joint administration of supplementary protein and growth hormone to reduce the noxious effects of 5-fu.
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