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Beneficial effects of hepatic cyclooxygenase-2 expression against cholestatic injury after common bile duct ligation in mice.

Rocío BreaNatalia CasanovaCarlota Alvarez-LucenaMarina Fuertes-AgudoMaría Luque-TévarCarme CucarellaMaría C CapitaniMaría V MarinochiMatías E FusiniAgustin LahozMarina López NoguerolesJuan FraileMaría T RoncoLisardo BoscáÁgueda González-RodríguezCarmelo García-MonzónPaloma Martín-SanzMarta CasadoDaniel E Francés
Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2024)
Taken together, our data indicate that constitutive expression of COX-2 in hepatocytes ameliorates cholestatic liver injury in mice by reducing inflammation and cell damage and by modulating BA metabolism, pointing to a role for COX-2 as a defensive response against cholestasis-derived BA accumulation and injury.
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