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Zhong Z. Placentotoxicology. Med. Res. Abroad. 1984; 3:162-165.
Zhong Z, Zhou J. Effect of Ethanol and Sodium Phenobarbital on the Toxicity of Chloroethanol. Chinese J. Indust. Hyg. Occup. Dis.. 1988; 6:284-286.
Marzi I, Zhong Z, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Brief Perfusion of Rat Liver Grafts with Oxygen Free Media Can Prevent Oxygen-Dependent Reperfusion Injury due to Transplantation. Eur. Surg. Res.. 1988; 20:115-116.
Marzi I, Zhong Z, Zimmermann FA, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Xanthine and Hypoxanthine Accumulation May Contribute to Reperfusion Injury following Liver Transplantation in the Rat. Transplant. Proc.. 1989; 21:1319-1320.
Zhong Z, Gao W, Kauffman FC, Thurman RG. Effect of fatty acids on formation, distribution, storage, and release of benzo(a)pyrene phenols and glucuronides in the isolated perfused rat liver. Cancer Res. 1989 Apr 15;49(8):2012-6. PubMed PMID: 2702643.
Zhong Z, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Role of purines and xanthine oxidase in reperfusion injury in perfused rat liver. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1989 Aug;250(2):470-5. PubMed PMID: 2547932.
Marzi I, Zhong Z, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Evidence that graft survival is not related to parenchymal cell viability in rat liver transplantation. The importance of nonparenchymal cells. Transplantation. 1989 Sep;48(3):463-8. doi: 10.1097/00007890-198909000-00023. PubMed PMID: 2675407.
Zhong Z, Kauffman FC, Thurman RG. Inhibition of glucuronidation of benzo(a)pyrene phenols by long-chain fatty acids. Cancer Res. 1991 Sep 1;51(17):4511-5. PubMed PMID: 1908348.
Zhong Z, Zhou J, Zhuang Z, Chen T, Zhou J, Zhong X. Role of Lipid Peroxidation in Acute Intoxication of Chloroethanol. J. Hyg. Toxicol.. 1992; 6:283-386.
Zhong Z, Zhou J, Thurman RG. The Role of Lipid Peroxidation in Reperfusion Injury in Perfused Rat Liver. Chn. J. Pharmacol. Toxicol.. 1992; 6:113-117.
Zhong Z, Goto M, Hijioka T, Oide H, Kauffman FC, Thurman RG. Role of Kupffer cells in storage and metabolism of benzo(a)pyrene in the liver. Drug Metab Dispos. 1994 Sep-Oct;22(5):680-7. PubMed PMID: 7835217.
Thurman RG, Gao W, Connor HD, Hunt KA, Zhong Z, Mason RP, Currin RT, Lemasters JJ. Kupffer Cells and Liver Transplantation: 1994 update. In: Cells of the Hepatic Sinusoid Kyoto, Japan: The Kupffer Cell Foundation; 1994. p.157-162.
Zhong Z, Qu W, Connor HD, Thurman RG. Inactivation of Kupffer cells minimizes reperfusion injury in fat-loaded livers from ethanol-treated rats. Transplant Proc. 1995 Feb;27(1):528-30. PubMed PMID: 7879088.
Zhong Z, Thurman RG. A fish oil diet minimizes hepatic reperfusion injury in the low-flow, reflow liver perfusion model. Hepatology. 1995 Sep;22(3):929-35. PubMed PMID: 7657301.
Zhong Z, Connor HD, Mason RP, Qu W, Gao W, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Role of Kupffer cells in reperfusion injury in fat-loaded livers from ethanol-treated rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1995 Dec;275(3):1512-7. PubMed PMID: 8531123.
Thurman RG, Gao W, Connor HD, Adachi Y, Stachlewitz RF, Zhong Z, Knecht KT, Bradford BU, Currin RT, Mason RP, Lemasters JJ. Role of Kupffer Cells in Liver Transplantation and Alcoholic Liver Injury: 1994 Update.. In: Cells of the Hepatic Sinusoid Leiden, The Netherlands: The Kupffer Cell Foundation; 1995. p.219-227.
Thurman RG, Savier E, Adachi Y, Shedlofsky SI, Lemasters JJ, Gao W, Bradford BU, Zhong Z, Knecht KT, Qu W, Currin RT, Lichtmman S, Wang J, Gotao M. Cytokines in Liver Transplantation and Alcoholic Liver Disease. In: Decker K, Gerok W, editors. Cytokines and the Liver Lancaster, UK: Kluwer Academic Press; 1995. p.185-203.
Thurman RG, Gao W, Connor HD, Adachi Y, Stachlewitz RF, Zhong Z, Knecht KT, Bradford BU, Mason RP, Lemasters JJ. Role of Kupffer cells in failure of fatty livers following liver transplantation and alcoholic liver injury. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1995;10 Suppl 1:S24-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1995.tb01791.x. PubMed PMID: 8589336.
Zhong Z, Jones S, Thurman RG. Glycine minimizes reperfusion injury in a low-flow, reflow liver perfusion model in the rat. Am J Physiol. 1996 Feb;270(2 Pt 1):G332-8. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.270.2.G332. PubMed PMID: 8779976.
Qu W, Zhong Z, Goto M, Thurman RG. Kupffer cell prostaglandin E2 stimulates parenchymal cell O2 consumption: alcohol and cell-cell communication. Am J Physiol. 1996 Apr;270(4 Pt 1):G574-80. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.270.4.G574. PubMed PMID: 8928786.
Zhong Z, Connor H, Mason RP, Qu W, Stachlewitz RF, Gao W, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Destruction of Kupffer cells increases survival and reduces graft injury after transplantation of fatty livers from ethanol-treated rats. Liver Transpl Surg. 1996 Sep;2(5):383-7. doi: 10.1002/lt.500020509. PubMed PMID: 9346680.
Thurman RG, Gao W, Connor HD, Adachi Y, Stachlewitz RF, Zhong Z, Knecht KT, Bradford BU, Mason RP, Lemasters JJ. Role of free radicals in failure of fatty livers following liver transplantation and alcoholic liver injury. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1996;387:231-41. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9480-9_31. PubMed PMID: 8794217.
Thurman RG, Gao W, Connor HD, Adachi Y, Stachlewitz RF, Zhong Z, Knecht KT, Bradford BU, Mason RP, Lemasters JJ. Role of free radicals in failure of fatty livers following liver transplantation and alcoholic liver injury. In: Snyder R, Kocsis JJ, Sipes IG, Kalf GF, Jollow DJ, editors. Biological Reactive Intermediates V – Basic Mechanistic Research in Toxicology and Human Risk Assessment Vol. 387 ed. New York: Plenum Press; 1996. Chapter 31; p.231-241.
Thurman RG, Zhong Z, von Frankenberg M, Stachlewitz RF, Bunzendahl H. Prevention of cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity with dietary glycine. Transplantation. 1997 Jun 15;63(11):1661-7. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199706150-00021. PubMed PMID: 9197363.
Zhong Z, Connor H, Stachlewitz RF, Frankenberg M, Mason RP, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Role of free radicals in primary nonfunction of marginal fatty grafts from rats treated acutely with ethanol. Mol Pharmacol. 1997 Nov;52(5):912-9. doi: 10.1124/mol.52.5.912. PubMed PMID: 9351983.
Iimuro Y, Ikejima K, Bradford BU, Rose ML, Zhong Z, Gallucci RM, Luster MI, Thurman RG. Modulation of Kupffer Cells Prevents Liver Injury due to Chronic Intragastric Ethanol Exposure in the Rat.. In: Wisse E, Balabaud C, editors. Cells of the Hepatic Sinusoid Vol. 6 ed. Leiden, The Netherlands: The Kuffer Cell Foundation; 1997. p.306-307.
Thurman RG, Bradford BU, Iimuro Y, Adachi Y, Wall C, von Frankenberg M, Ikejima K, Kono K, Arteel GE, Zhong Z, Lemasters JJ, Raleigh J, Kadiiska M, Stefanovic B, Tsukamoto H, Lin M, Brenner DA, Forman DT, Gallucci RM, Luster MI, Mason RP. Increased Liver Injury in Female Rats is Due to Hypoxia-Reoxygenation Triggered by Endotoxin and Kupffer Cells. Alcohol.Clin.Exp.Res.. 1998; 22:766-768.
Qu W, Zhong Z, Arteel GE, Thurman RG. Stimulation of oxygen uptake by prostaglandin E2 is oxygen dependent in perfused rat liver. Am J Physiol. 1998 Sep;275(3):G542-9. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.275.3.G542. PubMed PMID: 9724267.
Jones SM, Zhong Z, Enomoto N, Schemmer P, Thurman RG. Dietary juniper berry oil minimizes hepatic reperfusion injury in the rat. Hepatology. 1998 Oct;28(4):1042-50. doi: 10.1002/hep.510280419. PubMed PMID: 9755241.
Zhong Z, Arteel GE, Connor HD, Yin M, Frankenberg MV, Stachlewitz RF, Raleigh JA, Mason RP, Thurman RG. Cyclosporin A increases hypoxia and free radical production in rat kidneys: prevention by dietary glycine. Am J Physiol. 1998 Oct;275(4):F595-604. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.1998.275.4.F595. PubMed PMID: 9755131.
Zhong Z, Connor HD, Mason RP, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Ethanol, not fat accumulation per se, increases free radical production in a low-flow, reflow liver perfusion model. Transplantation. 1998 Dec 15;66(11):1431-8. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199812150-00005. PubMed PMID: 9869083.
Stachlewitz RF, Gao W, Zhong Z, Connor HD, Mason RP, Thurman RG. Generation of lipid free radicals by adherent leukocytes from transplanted rat liver. Transpl Int. 1998;11(5):353-60. doi: 10.1007/s001470050157. PubMed PMID: 9787411.
Thurman RG, Schemmer P, Zhong Z, Bunzendahl H, von Frankenberg M, Lemasters JJ. Kupffer cell-dependent reperfusion injury in liver transplantation: new clinically relevant use of glycine. Langenbecks Arch Chir Suppl Kongressbd. 1998;115:185-90. Review. PubMed PMID: 9931608.
Zhong Z, Enomoto N, Connor HD, Moss N, Mason RP, Thurman RG. Glycine improves survival after hemorrhagic shock in the rat. Shock. 1999 Jul;12(1):54-62. doi: 10.1097/00024382-199907000-00008. PubMed PMID: 10468052.
Zhong Z, Arteel GE, Connor HD, Schemmer P, Chou SC, Raleigh JA, Mason RP, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Binge drinking disturbs hepatic microcirculation after transplantation: prevention with free radical scavengers. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1999 Aug;290(2):611-20. PubMed PMID: 10411569.
Zhong Z, Connor HD, Yin M, Moss N, Mason RP, Bunzendahl H, Forman DT, Thurman RG. Dietary glycine and renal denervation prevents cyclosporin A-induced hydroxyl radical production in rat kidney. Mol Pharmacol. 1999 Sep;56(3):455-63. doi: 10.1124/mol.56.3.455. PubMed PMID: 10462532.
Wheeler MD, Ikejema K, Enomoto N, Stacklewitz RF, Seabra V, Zhong Z, Yin M, Schemmer P, Rose ML, Rusyn I, Bradford B, Thurman RG. Glycine: a new anti-inflammatory immunonutrient. Cell Mol Life Sci. 1999 Nov 30;56(9-10):843-56. doi: 10.1007/s000180050030. Review. PubMed PMID: 11212343; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11147092.
Enomoto N, Ikejima K, Yamashina S, Enomoto A, Nishiura T, Nishimura T, Brenner DA, Schemmer P, Bradford BU, Rivera CA, Zhong Z, Thurman RG. Kupffer cell-derived prostaglandin E(2) is involved in alcohol-induced fat accumulation in rat liver. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2000 Jul;279(1):G100-6. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.2000.279.1.G100. PubMed PMID: 10898751.
Lehmann TG, Wheeler MD, Schwabe RF, Connor HD, Schoonhoven R, Bunzendahl H, Brenner DA, Jude Samulski R, Zhong Z, Thurman RG. Gene delivery of Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase improves graft function after transplantation of fatty livers in the rat. Hepatology. 2000 Dec;32(6):1255-64. doi: 10.1053/jhep.2000.19814. PubMed PMID: 11093732.
Zhong Z, Connor HD, Yin M, Wheeler MD, Mason RP, Thurman RG. Viral delivery of superoxide dismutase gene reduces cyclosporine A-induced nephrotoxicity. Kidney Int. 2001 Apr;59(4):1397-404. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.0590041397.x. PubMed PMID: 11260401.
Zhong Z, Li X, Yamashina S, von Frankenberg M, Enomoto N, Ikejima K, Kolinsky M, Raleigh JA, Thurman RG. Cyclosporin A causes a hypermetabolic state and hypoxia in the liver: prevention by dietary glycine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2001 Dec;299(3):858-65. PubMed PMID: 11714869.
Yin M, Wheeler MD, Connor HD, Zhong Z, Bunzendahl H, Dikalova A, Samulski RJ, Schoonhoven R, Mason RP, Swenberg JA, Thurman RG. Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase gene attenuates ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2001 Dec;12(12):2691-2700. doi: 10.1681/ASN.V12122691. PubMed PMID: 11729238.
Lehmann TG, Arteel GE, Zhong Z, Schemmer P, von Frankenberg M, Bradford BU, Bunzendahl H, Brenner DA, Lemasters JJ, Conner HD, Wheeler MD, Samulski RJ, Mason RP, Stachlewitz RF, Thurman RG. Role of Kupffer Cells in Graft Failure after Liver Transplantation: Oxidative Stress and Gene Therapy.. In: Wisse E, Knook DL, de Zanger R, Arthur MP, editors. Cells of the Hepatic Sinusoid Vol. 8 ed. Leiden, The Netherlands:: The Kupffer Cell Foundation; 2001. p.302-307.
Zhong Z, Froh M, Wheeler MD, Smutney O, Lehmann TG, Thurman RG. Viral gene delivery of superoxide dismutase attenuates experimental cholestasis-induced liver fibrosis in the rat. Gene Ther. 2002 Feb;9(3):183-91. doi: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301638. PubMed PMID: 11859421.
Yin M, Zhong Z, Connor HD, Bunzendahl H, Finn WF, Rusyn I, Li X, Raleigh JA, Mason RP, Thurman RG. Protective effect of glycine on renal injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion in vivo. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2002 Mar;282(3):F417-23. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00011.2001. PubMed PMID: 11832421.
Qu W, Ikejima K, Zhong Z, Waalkes MP, Thurman RG. Glycine blocks the increase in intracellular free Ca2+ due to vasoactive mediators in hepatic parenchymal cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2002 Dec;283(6):G1249-56. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00197.2002. Epub 2002 Aug 14. PubMed PMID: 12388211.
Conzelmann L, Schemmer P, Zhong Z, Smutney O, Bunzendahl H, Thurman R. Orthotopic liver transplantation in knockout mice: is TNFalpha involved in early graft injury and regeneration?. Transplant Proc. 2002 Sep;34(6):2299-300. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03243-8. PubMed PMID: 12270406.
Zhong Z, Froh M, Connor HD, Li X, Conzelmann LO, Mason RP, Lemasters JJ, Thurman RG. Prevention of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by green tea extract. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2002 Oct;283(4):G957-64. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00216.2001. PubMed PMID: 12223356.
Froh M, Wheeler MD, Smutney O, Zhong Z, Bradford BU, Thurman RG. New method of delivering gene-altered Kupffer cells to rat liver: studies in an ischemia-reperfusion model. Gastroenterology. 2003 Jan;124(1):172-83. doi: 10.1053/gast.2003.50002. PubMed PMID: 12512041.
Zhong Z, Wheeler MD, Li X, Froh M, Schemmer P, Yin M, Bunzendaul H, Bradford B, Lemasters JJ. L-Glycine: a novel antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory, and cytoprotective agent. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2003 Mar;6(2):229-40. doi: 10.1097/00075197-200303000-00013. Review. PubMed PMID: 12589194.
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