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[High-fat diet induces pulmonary fibrosis in rats and inhibitory effects of N-acetylcysteine].
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi
November 2013
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, Institute of Respiratory Medicine Tianjin, Tianjin 300350, China.
Objective: To explore the relation between high-fat diet and pulmonary fibrosis and the inhibition of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on lung tissue in rats.
Methods: Thirty Sprague Dawley (SD) male rats were randomly divided into control group (n = 10) on a quantitative control Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet, a high-fat diet group (n = 10) on a high fat-diet Lieber-DeCarli liquid diet and NAC group (n = 10) on NAC 300 mg×kg(-1)×d(-1). All rats were sacrificed 8 weeks later.