In rats with acute pancreatitis, prophylactic larazotide reduced intestinal damage scores versus the AP group.
In plain wordsIn rats with acute pancreatitis, larazotide reduced intestinal damage scores compared with the AP group.
- Peptide
- Larazotide
- Outcome
- DecreaseIntestinal damage score
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
L-arginine-induced acute pancreatitis in male Sprague-Dawley rats- Comparator
- AP group
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal protection · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 0.01 mg/mL · oral · 7 days before L-arginineAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Intestinal damage scores, anti-Zo-1 immunoreactivity H-score, serum FITC-Dextran levels, and bacterial translocation frequency (50% versus 100%) were significantly lower in the AP + LAR group compared to the AP group (all p < 0.01).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thirty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups; control, larazotide (LAR), AP, and AP + LAR.
AP + LAR group received prophylactic 0.01 mg/mL LA orally for 7 days before the first dose of L-Arginine.