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		<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">ECAM</journal-id>
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			<journal-title>Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine</journal-title>
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		<issn pub-type="epub">1741-4288</issn>
		<issn pub-type="ppub">1741-427X</issn>
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			<publisher-name>Hindawi Publishing Corporation</publisher-name>
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		<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1155/2016/2974256</article-id>
		<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2974256</article-id>
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			<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
				<subject>Research Article</subject>
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			<article-title>The Effects of Taoren-Honghua Herb Pair on Pathological Microvessel and Angiogenesis-Associated Signaling Pathway in Mice Model of CCl<sub>4</sub>-Induced Chronic Liver Disease</article-title>
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		<contrib-group>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U74587926" corresp="yes">
				
				<name>
					<surname>Xi</surname>
					<given-names>Shengyan</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>xishengyan@xmu.edu.cn</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
					<sup>1</sup>
				</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U21281058">
				<name>
					<surname>Yue</surname>
					<given-names>Lifeng</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>yuelifeng100@sina.com</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I2">
					<sup>2</sup>
				</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U89456023">
				<name>
					<surname>Shi</surname>
					<given-names>Mengmeng</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>shimengmeng090@163.com</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
					<sup>1</sup>
				</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U30132607">
				<name>
					<surname>Peng</surname>
					<given-names>Ying</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>pengying9108@163.com</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
					<sup>1</sup>
				</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U50816419">
				<name>
					<surname>Xu</surname>
					<given-names>Yangxinzi</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>xuyxzc@myumanitoba.ca</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I3">
					<sup>3</sup>
				</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U75014901">
				<name>
					<surname>Wang</surname>
					<given-names>Xinrong</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>doreen5985@163.com</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
					<sup>1,4</sup>
				</xref>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I4">4</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U87361519">
				<name>
					<surname>Li</surname>
					<given-names>Qian</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>liqian@stu.xmu.edu.cn</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
					<sup>1</sup>
				</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U79573059">
				<name>
					<surname>Kang</surname>
					<given-names>Zhijun</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>kangzhijun@stu.xmu.edu.cn</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
					<sup>1</sup>
				</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U19759035">
				<name>
					<surname>Li</surname>
					<given-names>Hanjing</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>2015224020198@stu.scu.edu.cn</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
					<sup>1,5</sup>
				</xref>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I5">5</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="author" id="U84626748">
				<name>
					<surname>Wang</surname>
					<given-names>Yanhui</given-names>
				</name>
				<email>2076110@126.com</email>
				<xref ref-type="aff" rid="I1">
					<sup>1</sup>
				</xref>
			</contrib>
			<contrib contrib-type="Academic Editor" id="U28301432">
				<name>
					<surname>Ohta</surname>
					<given-names>Yoshiji</given-names>
				</name>
			</contrib>
		</contrib-group>
		<aff id="I1">
			<sup>1</sup>
			<addr-line>Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Medical College of Xiamen University</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Xiamen</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Fujian 361102</addr-line>
			<country>China</country>
			<ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">xmu.edu.cn</ext-link>
		</aff>
		<aff id="I2">
			<sup>2</sup>
			<addr-line>Dongzhimen Hospital</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Beijing University of Chinese Medicine</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Beijing 100700</addr-line>
			<country>China</country>
			<ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">bucm.edu.cn</ext-link>
		</aff>
		<aff id="I3">
			<sup>3</sup>
			<addr-line>Department of Internal Medicine</addr-line>
			<addr-line>University of Manitoba</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Winnipeg</addr-line>
			<addr-line>MB</addr-line>
			<country>Canada</country>
			<addr-line>R3E 3P4</addr-line>
			<ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">umanitoba.ca</ext-link>
		</aff>
		<aff id="I4">
			<sup>4</sup>
			<addr-line>School of Basic Medical Science</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Beijing University of Chinese Medicine</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Beijing 100029</addr-line>
			<country>China</country>
			<ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">bucm.edu.cn</ext-link>
		</aff>
		<aff id="I5">
			<sup>5</sup>
			<addr-line>West China Medical Center</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Sichuan University</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Chengdu</addr-line>
			<addr-line>Sichuan 610041</addr-line>
			<country>China</country>
			<ext-link ext-link-type="domain-name">scu.edu.cn</ext-link>
		</aff>
		<pub-date pub-type="publication-year">
			<year>2016</year>
		</pub-date>
		<pub-date pub-type="archival-date">
			<day>11</day>
			<month>5</month>
			<year>2016</year>
		</pub-date>
		<volume>2016</volume>
		<history>
			<date date-type="received">
				<day>16</day>
				<month>01</month>
				<year>2016</year>
			</date>
			<date date-type="accepted">
				<day>18</day>
				<month>04</month>
				<year>2016</year>
			</date>
			<date date-type="pub">
				<day>11</day>
				<month>5</month>
				<year>2016</year>
			</date>
		</history>
		<permissions>
			<copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
			<copyright-holder>Copyright &#xa9; 2016 Shengyan Xi et al.</copyright-holder>
			<license license-type="open-access">
				<license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the <ext-link xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</ext-link>, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
			</license>
		</permissions>
		<abstract>
			<p>Chronic liver disease is one of the most common diseases that threaten human health. Effective treatment is still lacking in western medicine.<italic> Semen Persicae</italic> (Taoren) and<italic> Flos Carthami</italic> (Honghua) are known to relieve acute hepatic injury and inflammation, improve microcirculation, and reduce tissue fiber. The aim of our study is to investigate the potential mechanisms of Taoren-Honghua Herb Pair (THHP) in murine model of chronic liver disease caused by Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl<sub>4</sub>). Mice were randomly divided into seven groups: (1) blank, (2) model, (3) control (colchicine, 0.1&#x2009;mg/kg), (4) THHP (5.53, 2.67, and 1.33&#x2009;g/kg), and (5) Tao Hong Siwu Decoction (THSWD) (8.50&#x2009;g/kg). Histological change and microvessels density were examined by microscopy. Hepatic function, serum fibrosis related factors, and hepatic vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were measured with ELISA. VEGF, kinase insert domain-containing receptor (KDR), Flt-1, and Akt mRNA expression in hepatic tissue were determined with PCR. Tissues of Akt, pAkt, KDR, and Flt-1 were measured with western blotting. Data from this study showed that THHP improved hepatic function and restrained the hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. Its role in inhibiting pathological angiogenesis and hepatic fibrogenesis may be through affecting the angiogenesis-associated VEGF and its upstream and downstream signaling pathways.</p>
		</abstract>
		<funding-group>
			<award-group>
				<funding-source>http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809 National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
				<award-id>81202659</award-id>
			</award-group>
			<award-group>
				<funding-source>http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809 National Natural Science Foundation of China</funding-source>
				<award-id>2014J01373</award-id>
			</award-group>
			<award-group>
				<funding-source>Scientific Research Start Foundation for New Teacher of Xiamen University</funding-source>
				<award-id>ZK1014</award-id>
			</award-group>
			<award-group>
				<funding-source>Fujian Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship</funding-source>
				<award-id>DC2013174</award-id>
			</award-group>
		</funding-group>
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			<ref-count count="33"/>
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