Alteration of the liver in rats with experimental dysbiosis

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2003 Jul;136(1):19-21. doi: 10.1023/a:1026020325603.

Abstract

We evaluated the relationship between pathological changes in the liver and the state of intestinal microflora in rats with experimental dysbiosis. Changes in the intestinal microflora were accompanied by alteration of the morphological structure in the liver. Enhanced proliferation of Ito cells served as an indirect evidence of damage to the liver. Ito cells did not undergo transformation into myofibroblasts that excluded the possibility of fibrosis.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Division
  • Fibrosis
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism
  • Intestine, Small / microbiology*
  • Kanamycin / pharmacology
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / microbiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / pathology*
  • Myocardium / cytology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Kanamycin