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This study is to explore the effect of red quinoa bran extracts on the prevention of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver fibrosis. BALB\/c mice were intraperitoneally injected CCl4 to induce liver fibrosis and treated with red quinoa whole seed powder, bran ethanol extracts, bran water extracts, and rutin. In the results, red quinoa powder provided more protection than rutin against CCl4-induced oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory factor expression and fibrosis development. However, the bran ethanol extract with high rutin content provided the most liver protection and anti-fibrosis effect via blocking the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-\u03b1)\/interleukin 6 (IL-6) pathway and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-\u03b21) pathway.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu11020395","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,14]],"date-time":"2019-02-14T03:21:46Z","timestamp":1550114506000},"page":"395","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":48,"title":["Red Quinoa Bran Extracts Protects against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Injury and Fibrosis in Mice via Activation of Antioxidative Enzyme Systems and Blocking TGF-\u03b21 Pathway"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7733-4824","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ting-An","family":"Lin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Life Science, National Taitung University, Taitung 950, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bo-Jun","family":"Ke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Life Science, National Taitung University, Taitung 950, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cheng-Shih","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sinfong Agricultural Technology Company, Taipei 11267, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jyh-Jye","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nutrition and Health Science, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung 831, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bai-Luh","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Life Science, National Taitung University, Taitung 950, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0203-9465","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chun-Lin","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Life Science, National Taitung University, Taitung 950, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S38","DOI":"10.1016\/S0168-8278(02)00429-4","article-title":"Liver fibrosis\u2014from bench to bedside","volume":"38","author":"Friedman","year":"2003","journal-title":"J. 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