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In this study, we analyzed the therapeutic effects of six kinds of tea on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver injury in a mouse model. The mice were injected with 10 mL\/kg 5% CCl4 to induce liver injury and then given oral gavage of green tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, white tea, black tea, and dark tea, respectively. The serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were measured, and the expression levels of inflammation and oxidative stress-related proteins in the liver tissues were quantified. All six kinds of tea partly reduced the liver index, restored the size of the enlarged liver in the CCl4 model, and decreased the serum levels of ALT and AST. Furthermore, the highly fermented dark tea significantly reduced the expression levels of NF-\u03baB and the downstream inflammatory factors, whereas the unfermented green tea inhibited oxidative stress by activating the antioxidant Nrf2 pathway. Taken together, tea can protect against liver inflammation, and unfermented tea can improve antioxidant levels. Further studies are needed on the bioactive components of tea to develop drugs against liver injury.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu14050972","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]],"date-time":"2022-02-24T21:11:07Z","timestamp":1645737067000},"page":"972","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Chinese Tea Alleviates CCl4-Induced Liver Injury through the NF-\u03baBorNrf2Signaling Pathway in C57BL-6J Mice"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Zhaoyu","family":"Wu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Resources Innovation & Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China"},{"name":"Department of Tea Science, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510641, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lingli","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Resources Innovation & Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruohong","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Resources Innovation & Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuai","family":"Wen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Resources Innovation & Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qiuhua","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Resources Innovation & Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xingfei","family":"Lai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Resources Innovation & Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhenbiao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Resources Innovation & Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fanrong","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Tea Science, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510641, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shili","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Resources Innovation & Utilization, Guangzhou 510640, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"397","article-title":"Research advances in risk factors for alcoholic liver disease","volume":"25","author":"Xu","year":"2017","journal-title":"ZhonghuaGanZang Bing ZaZhi = ZhonghuaGanzangbingZazhi = Chin. 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