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VASSEUR, CLAUDINE. "Bilan de l'utilisation exclusive de fsh purifiee dans la stimulation ovarienne en fecondation in vitro." Amiens, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994AMIEM054.
Full textSchirar, Alain. "L'anoestrus de lactation chez la brebis Préalpes du sud : reprise de l'activité gonadotrope hypothalamo-hypophysaire et de l'activité ovarienne." Paris 6, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA066250.
Full textRico, Charlène. "L'Hormone anti- Mullérienne : marqueur de la folliculogenèse ovarienne et prédicteur de la réponse ovulatoire à un traitement de superovulation chez la vache." Thesis, Tours, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010TOUR4014.
Full textIn the cow, the development of multiple ovulation and embryo transfer technologies is limited by the variability between animals in ovarian responses to superovulatory treatments. In the women, the anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) is the best marker of follicular response to a stimulatory treatment. The objectives of my work were to study AMH as an endocrine marker of the ovulatory response to a stimulatory treatment in the cow and to study the regulation of AMH production by granulosa cells. Our results show that plasma AMH concentrations can predict the ovulatory responses to a stimulatory treatment. During the estrous cycle, AMH concentrations have a dynamic profile in 2 steps: AMH concentrations decrease between estrus and D5 to D8 and then they increase until the next estrus. To predict in optimal conditions, AMH has to be measured at the estrus time or after D12 of the estrous cycle. In vitro, the study about regulation of AMH production by granulosa cells indicates that BMP enhances whereas FSH decreases AMH production
Sonigo, Charlotte. "Onco-fertilité : Impact des facteurs influençant la réserve ovarienne après chimiothérapie." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLS184/document.
Full textChemotherapy induces infertility by exerting a direct toxicity on the ovaries, resulting in a depletion of the follicular stockpile. Cyclophosphamide (Cy), widely used for breast cancer, is recognized as one of the most gonadotoxic agent. Recently, it has been proposed that Cy gives rise to follicular depletion by a massive growth of resting follicles which are then destroyed. Since Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) is one of the factors regulating primordial follicles activation, we hypothesized that this hormone might limited Cy-induced gonadotoxicity. We have shown in pubertal mice that recombinant AMH injections are able to preserve primordial follicle loss Cy-induced and might improve fertility outcome after treatment. In addition, we provide evidence that autophagy could be one of the mechanisms involved in the inhibition of follicular recruitment by AMH. At least, nowadays, the “gold standard” method of evaluating ovarian reserve in mouse is a process particularly time-consuming and tedious. We developed a new methodology of automatic primordial follicles detection and counting within mouse ovaries, using modern artificial intelligence methods, especially deep learning approach
Briant, Christine. "Stimulation ovarienne chez la ponette Welsh en vue de la production d'embryons : limites physiologiques et techniques." Tours, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004TOUR4023.
Full textTwo methods of superovulation, administration of eFSH and anti-inhibin immunization were studied in Welsh pony mares. With eFSH, embryo production is limited by non-responses (23%) and by induction of luteinized and anovulatory follicles. The posology of eFSH of 3,45 mg per day in 3 IV injections was determined to be equivalent to ancounts produced in ovariectomized mares. Compared to this dose, the of 1,72 mg induces less endocrine alterations (only the ovulatory LH peak is suppressed) and gives more ovulations (2,9 vs 1,9) and embryos (1,1 vs 0). The residual LH in the injected preparation is involved in undesirable observed effects but the suppression of the LH peak has no deleterious consequence. Administration of equine antibodies against inhibin induces a moderate increase in plasmatic FSH and LH, associated with ovarian stimulation in 35 to 50% of mares. However, during the post-treatment cycle, the number of embryos increased (1 vs 0,65) but not the number of ovulations, which suggests an improvement in embryos quality
Sonjaya, Herry. "Étude comparative de la différenciation ovarienne et endocrinienne pendant la période prépubère chez des agnelles prolifiques ou non." Montpellier 2, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988MON20152.
Full textThalamas, Claire. "Régulation de la fonction ovarienne par FSH et IGF I : étude des mécanismes d'action et mesure de l'activité biologique de la FSH." Toulouse 3, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993TOU31534.
Full textBachelot, Anne. "Implication de l'hormone de croissance et de la prolactine dans la fonction ovarienne chez la souris." Paris 5, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007PA05T031.
Full textChez les mammifères, la folliculogenèse ovarienne est un phénomène complexe continu, marqué par la succession de différentes étapes du développement du follicule, depuis le moment où il sort de la réserve ovarienne jusqu'à sa rupture au moment de l'ovulation ou à son involution par atrésie. Malgré l'accumulation de données physiologiques, le déterminisme du développement folliculaire reste encore imparfaitement compris, notamment, la balance entre la croissance et l'atrésie et la sélection d'un ou plusieurs follicules dominants. Nous avons étudié la folliculogenèse ovarienne dans un modèle de souris invalidée pour le gène codant pour le récepteur de l'hormone de croissance et la protéine de liaison de la GH (GHBP). Le phénotype marquant de ces souris est la réduction de la taille des portées des femelles. L'étude de la fertilité des femelles GHR/BP -/- nous a permis de démontrer que ces animaux, dont la taille des portées est réduite, ne présentent pas d'anomalies d'implantation ou de développement embryonnaire, mais ont un taux d'ovulation réduit. La structure de leurs ovaires est normale, contenant l'ensemble des différentes classes de follicules ovariens, bien que leurs nombres soient réduits. Le taux d'ovulation faible, mais continu dans le temps, parait être lié à une anomalie survenant au cours du développement du follicule pré-antral, et persiste lors de la superovulation. En effet, nous avons mis en évidence que le nombre de follicules sains antraux et préovulatoires étaient diminués chez ces souris par rapport à celui des souris sauvages tandis que le nombre de follicules atrétiques était augmenté. Nous avons démontré que cette anomalie était directement liée à l'absence du récepteur de la GH, et non à un défaut d'action de l'IGF-I. En effet, nous avons établi que la production de l'IGF-I était intrinsèque à l'ovaire et suffisante pour lui permettre d'exercer son action. De plus, le traitement de ces souris par les micropompes d'IGF-I n'a pas permis une correction du phénotype. La GH elle-même semble donc être un co-facteur important impliqué dans la croissance folliculaire, en particulier dans la survie des follicules antraux. Le pic de LH pré-ovulatoire entraine l'ovulation et ensuite un programme de différenciation terminale du follicule ovulé en corps jaune à travers un processus nommé lutéinisaiton. Ces cellules en cours de lutéinisation doivent sortir du cycle cellulaire et exprimer de nouvelles molécules qui vont alors permettre aux cellules lutéales de survivre dans un environnement hormonal différent. Le corps jaune va ainsi jouer un rôle central dans la régulation du cycle et le maintien de la gestation. La prolactine (PRL) joue un rôle crucial dans le maintien de la fonction lutéale et de la gestation chez les rongeurs en activant son récepteur (R) transmembranaire. Notre équipe a réalisé l'invalidation du gène du récepteur de la PRL par la technique de recombinaison homologue ciblée. Le phénotype résultant de l'invalidation du gène codant pour ce récepteur a montré que les femelles RPRL-/- ovulaient, mais n'étaient pas gestantes. Nos études ont permis de montrer que le processus de lutéinisation débute mais que le corps jaune involue rapidement et ne permet pas le maintien de la gestation car les cellules lutéales entrent en apoptose massivement et la vascularisation ne se met pas en place. Ces anomalies sont associées à une diminution de l'expression du récepteur de la LH et ainsi de la cascade enzymatique permettant la steroïdogenèse. A l'inverse, la 20a-hydroxysteroïde déshydrogénase est activée en l'absence de PRL, aboutissant à la dégradation de la progestérone synthétisée. Nous nous sommes ensuite concentrés sur la recherche des gènes régulés par la prolactine afin de pouvoir mieux cerner la ou les cibles moléculaires de cette hormone sur le corps jaune. Afin de tenter de restaurer l'expression du RLH dans les souris RPRL -/-, nous avons traité précocement après l'ovulation ces souris par de l'hCG. Nous avons observé un maintien de la structure du corps jaune jusqu'au 5e"" jour de gestation bien que l'implantation n'ait pas lieu, du fait de la persistance de l'activité 20a-hydroxysteroïde déshydrogénase. L'analyse par hybridation in situ de l'expression de l'ARNm du RLH et l'étude fonctionnelle de RLH par liaison à l'hormone marquée ont montré une réexpression du RLH chez les souris traitées. Enfin, par la technique de macroarrays sur les corps jaunes de souris RPRL+/+, PRLR-/- et PRLR-/- traitées à l'hCG, nous avons identifié des gènes cibles de la PRL et de la LH, parmi lesquels la VE-cadhérine, p27, PTEN, ainsi que sFRP-4, acteur de la voie WNT/frizzled. Enfin, afin de mieux comprendre l'implication de la PRL sur la régulation du RLH, nous avons croisé cette lignée avec la lignée de souris surexprimant la sous unité P de l'hCG. Ces modèles devraient permettre d'étudier les interactions entre ces deux hormones, le rôle de la PRL dans l'expression du RLH. Ce travail a donc permis ainsi de mettre en évidence le rôle de l'hormone de croissance et de la prolactine dans la folliculogenèse ovarienne et le contrôle de la fonction lutéale chez les rongeurs
Bonnet, Agnès. "Étude de l'expression des gènes au cours des stades précoces de la folliculogenèse ovarienne chez les mammifères de rente (brebis)." Toulouse 3, 2013. http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/2306/.
Full textCorrect achievement of early ovarian folliculogenesis is a crucial step which determines female fertility in adulthood. However, molecular mechanisms controlling this development are not well characterized. Furthermore, gene expression studies are restricted by the difficulty to collect biological material. Moreover, available data are mainly derived from rodent models (poly-ovulating species). In this project, we intended to describe, in both follicular compartments (oocytes and granulosa cells), the specificity of expression, to point out genes involved in molecular dialog and during early follicular development in sheep species (mono-ovulating species). First, we developed a transcriptome methodology to study early folliculogenesis that combined laser capture microdissection, RNA amplification and microarrays. Then, we described for the first time, the gene expression profile of 15349 genes for each follicular compartment during early follicular development using RNA-seq technology. Statistical analysis underlined differential expression between compartments (5120 genes) and during development (3015 genes). We identified 161 and 55 genes with a preferentially enriched expression in oocytes and granulosa cells respectively. "In silico" fonctional analysis combined with gene expression data underlined signaling pathways as IGF1, VEGF, FGF,and NOTCH that may be involved in molecular dialog between the two follicular compartments. Last, in our experimental conditions we showed important gene expression changes occurred during primary to secondary follicular transition in sheep. The expression profiles of genes involved in pathways as BMP and WNT were precisely described. A set of 25 genes was selected as follicular class biomarkers that may be used to evaluate early follicular growth
Christin-Maitre, Sophie. "Mesures de l'activité biologique de l'hormone folliculotrope chez la femme : )." Paris 11, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000PA11T066.
Full textMalpaux, Benoît. "Cycle annuel de reproduction chez la brebis : signaux photoperiodiques et rythme endogene." Paris 6, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA066385.
Full textJeanjean, Bruno. "Inhibition exercee par la substance p sur la secretion antehypophysaire de lh, induite par le gnrh, chez la ratte : role de l'estradiol-17beta et de la progesterone sur la secretion hypothalamique de la substance p, chez la guenon." Paris 6, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA066310.
Full textPonsard, Claire. "Effets d'une restriction alimentaire après vêlage chez la vache allaitante sur la fertilité à l'œstrus induit, la sécrétion de LH et l'activité ovarienne : liens avec le métabolisme énergétique et intérêt d'une supplémentation énergétique avant la mise à la reproduction." Nancy 1, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000NAN11303.
Full textRyan, Joanne. "Estrogènes et pathologies neuropsychiatriques chez les femmes âgées." Thesis, Montpellier 1, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010MON1T002/document.
Full textExperimental evidence suggests that estrogen can have psycho- and neuro-protective effects; however this has not been consistently supported by certain clinical trials and epidemiological studies. This thesis aimed to provide a detailed investigation of the role of estrogen in later-life depression and cognitive functioning by examining serum estrogen levels, estrogen exposure across the lifetime, characteristics of hormone treatment (HT) and the role of estrogen receptor polymorphisms. Data was obtained from two longitudinal population-based studies, the 13-year Melbourne Women's Midlife Health Project of 438 middle-aged postmenopausal women in Australia, and the seven-year Three City/ESPRIT study of 5644 older French women. Multivariate adjusted regression models showed that endogenous and exogenous hormonal characteristics late in the reproductive life can decrease the risk of late-life depression and a decline in serum estradiol levels incr eased the risk for recently postmenopausal women. Discontinuing HT increased the risk of depression for older women, as did certain "non-natural" forms of HT. Estrogen receptor polymorphisms were associated with late-life depression and can interact with HT to modify the risk of depression and mortality. Endogenous reproductive factors linked to higher lifetime estrogen exposure and high levels of estradiol in the early postmenopause were associated with better performance on certain cognitive tasks. Cognitive function also varied according to the characteristics of HT and HT reduced the risk of dementia in genetically susceptible women carrying the apolioprotein ε4 allele. This work brings some important new findings to this field of research, suggesting that the modulation of estrogen levels may be used as a possible therapeutic tool to reduce neuropsychiatric disorders and that certain subgroups of women may be genetically more susceptible to hormone modifications or to the effects of HT
Laplaud, David-Axel Wiertlewski Sandrine. "Retentissement des stimulations ovariennes sur le taux de poussée au cours de la Sclérose en plaques." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2004. http://theses.univ-nantes.fr/thesemed/SPElaplaud.pdf.
Full textPrestoz, Laetitia. "Etude de la pathogénie du dysfonctionnement ovarien observé chez des patientes atteintes de galactosémie." Bordeaux 2, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998BOR28606.
Full textZEINOUN, RONY. "Profil hormonal intrafolliculaire au cours des stimulations ovariennes : valeur predictive pour le succes d'une f.i.v." Reims, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990REIMM086.
Full textEsslimani-Sahla, Majida. "Marqueurs moléculaires de réponse aux hormones ovariennes et au tamoxifène dans les lésions précancéreuses mammaires et cancers invasifs du sein." Montpellier 1, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006MON1T025.
Full textJouanin, Nancy. "Les modulateurs intra-ovariens : intérêt clinique des facteurs de croissance et de l'hormone somatotrope." Paris 5, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994PA05P059.
Full textMiralles-Crayssac, Florence. "Etude des mécanismes controlant la spécificité tissulaire de régulation du gène cathepsine D par les homones stéroi͏̈des ovariennes." Montpellier 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994MON1T029.
Full textLounas, Amel. "Fonction et localisation de la PDE8A dans les cellules ovariennes porcines et son implication dans la stéroïdogenèse." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/27731.
Full textEtienne, Nelly. "Etude des fonctions cardiovasculaires du récepteur de la sérotonine 5-HT2B et de ses interactions avec les hormones ovariennes et la synthèse de monoxyde d'azote (NO)." Strasbourg 1, 2004. https://publication-theses.unistra.fr/public/theses_doctorat/2004/ETIENNE_Nelly_2004.pdf.
Full text5-HT2B receptor knockout (KO) mice display congenital cardiac defects leading to dilated cardiomyopathy in adult KO males. Because 5-HT2B-KO females exhibit a less severe cardiac phenotype than KO males, we investigated the potential cardioprotective role of ovarian hormones in 5-HT2B-KO females. Bilateral ovariectomy, at puberty, induced an accelerated developmental cardiac hypertrophy but independently of the 5-HT2B receptor. Consequently, ovarian hormones are not the cause of gender difference in KO mice. Taking advantage of apparent normal cardiac function in KO females, we investigated the vascular function of the 5-HT2B receptor in vivo. Using, the chronic NOS (Nitric Oxide Synthase) inhibition induced-hypertension model, we describe for the first time, two independent phases of hypertension in wild type mice. Surprisingly, KO females display only one phase, indicating that the 5-HT2B receptor is necessary for one of the two phases of NOS-inhibition-induced hypertension. Moreover, KO females exhibit an hypersensitivity to NOS inhibition in the first phase of hypertension compare to wild type females but, paradoxically, they are protected from the second phase of hypertension. This protection confirms the major role of the 5-HT2B receptor in etiology of hypertension. Finally, we have shown that hypersensitivity to short term NOS inhibition is specifically associated to a decrease of vascular compliance and to a 30% reduction of basal endothelial NOS activity in aorta of KO females compare to wild type. We conclude that the 5-HT2B receptor is involved in blood pressure regulation by controlling basal vascular tonus, trough NOS activation, and independently participates to the development of long-term hypertension
Khalaf, Mohamad. "Les cellules de la granulosa humaine dans les protocoles de stimulation ovarienne : rôles des analogues de la GnRH et des BMPs (Bone Morphogenetic Proteins) : Thèse soutenue sur un ensemble de travaux." Caen, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010CAEN2063.
Full textOvarian stimulation protocols using the GnRH antagonist or GnRH agonist to block the LH surge are now a common practice in fertilization in vitro technique. However, these protocols had profound effects on the physiology of the granulosa cells. This work shows that both protocols have different impacts on the signaling pathways in human granulosa cells. Indeed, in the presence of GnRH agonist, protein kinase C (PKC) pathway, main way by which GnRH acts, is desensitized. This effect may account for the observed difference between two protocols in the production of estradiol by the granulosa cells. Moreover, we observe that certain factors such as Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) don’t have the same level of expression in granulosa cells between the two protocols. Also, within a single protocol, these factors can also have a different role on the physiology of the granulosa cells by presence of some folliculogenesis pathology such as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The increased expression of BMP-6 and BMPR-IA receptor in granulosa cells of PCOS women may explain the blockage at the stage of preantral follicles and disorders of steroidogenesis observed in these women. In PCOS women, BMPs induce resistance to FSH in granulosa cells in terms of estradiol production. All of our results shows, first, that the ovarian stimulation strongly influence the physiology of the granulosa cells and secondly, study some factors such as BMPs could be help us to understand more about the ovarian pathology
Janz, Birthe [Verfasser], and Andreas [Akademischer Betreuer] Hartkopf. "Einfluss der laparoskopischen Zystenentfernung am Ovar auf die ovarielle Reserve - Bestimmung der ovariellen Reserve mittels des Anti-Müller-Hormons / Birthe Janz ; Betreuer: Andreas Hartkopf." Tübingen : Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1199929611/34.
Full textJorio, Aziza. "Dynamique folliculaire comparee pendant la periode prepubere chez deux races s de brebis differant par leur taux d'ovulation : la d'man et la timahdite." Paris 6, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA066446.
Full textPELLOUX, BALART MARIE-CHRISTINE. "Activite steroidogene de l'ovaire foetal et neonatal de rat : effets du busulfan." Paris 6, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA066574.
Full textZwain, Ismaïl. "Production et aromatisation gonadique des androgenes dans l'espece equine." Caen, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988CAEN2018.
Full textYvorra, Alain. "Croissance folliculaire et developpement du corps jaune chez le lezard vivipare, lacerta vivipara jacquin : evolution au cours du cycle sexuel et analyse des mecanismes de regulation." Paris 6, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA066270.
Full textCathelain, Alice. "Thérapie avec hormone de croissance en fécondation in vitro : une étude randomisée contrôlée." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/20477.
Full textGaudet, Rébecca. "Conséquences à long terme d'une restriction de croissance intra-utérine sur l'axe reproducteur du rat." Thèse, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/15372.
Full textBarsalani, Razieh. "Estrogen withdrawal and liver fat accumulation : contribution of hepatic VLDL-TG production and effect of exercise training." Thèse, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/8853.
Full textExcessive accumulation of triglycerides (TGs) in hepatocytes is the characteristic of non-alcoholic hepatic steatosis (NAHS). NAHS occurs in various conditions in which abnormal fat metabolism is a common factor. The primary processes leading to lipid accumulation in the liver are not well understood. However, lipid in the form of TG accumulates within liver cells when mechanisms that promote their removal (by oxidation or secretion) cannot keep pace with mechanisms that promote lipid import or biosynthesis. Today, it is well accepted that estrogen deficiency is associated with the development of a state of hepatic steatosis. Although recent findings indicated the implication of ovarian hormones in liver lipid accumulation, mechanisms underlying this phenomenon need to be further investigated. Therefore, the three studies presented in this thesis have been conducted in ovariectomized (Ovx) rats, as animal model of post-menopausal women, to investigate the effects of estrogen withdrawal on liver fat metabolism and considering the effects of exercise training as a positive counteractive factor. It has been shown that exercise training can reduce liver fat accumulation in Ovx rats. In the first study, we showed that in high fat (HF) fed animals, liver TG content was higher (P < 0.01) in Ovx compared to Sham rats as soon as 5-week after the surgery. Switching from the HF to a standard (SD) diet resulted in a decrease in liver fat accumulation in Sham animals. However, 8 weeks after the diet switch, liver fat accumulation was as high in Ovx rats as those maintained on the HF diet. When liver TG content measured at week 13 was compared to initial pre-switching values (week 5), liver TG levels in Ovx animals were maintained at the same level independently of the diet switch, while in Sham rats switching to a SD diet reduced liver TG accumulation (P < 0.05). The same comparisons with plasma TG levels revealed an opposite relationship. These results may be taken as evidence that indeed liver fat resorption is hampered in the absence of estrogens. To go one step further, we used a physiological approach in our second study to investigate how estrogen deficiency affects liver fat accumulation putting an emphasis on the pathway of lipid exportation from the liver. Results of this study showed that estrogen withdrawal resulted in higher (P < 0.01) liver fat accumulation concomitantly with lower (P < 0.01) very low density lipoprotein-triglyceride (VLDL-TG) production and lower mRNA and protein content of hepatic microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP). All of these effects in Ovx rats were corrected with estrogen supplementation. Moreover, exercise training in Ovx rats reduced (P < 0.01) liver fat accumulation and further reduced (P < 0.01) hepatic VLDL-TG production along with gene expression of MTP and diacylglycerol acyltransferase-2 (DGAT-2). A recent growing body of literature suggests that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) hormone should be the interest of new investigations in the field of energy and lipid metabolism. ANP is released from the heart into plasma by oxytocin (OT) stimulation and exerts its biological action by binding to its receptor, guanylyl cyclase-A (GC-A: ANP receptor). Therefore, in the third study, we investigated the effects of blocking the oxytocin-atrial natriuretic peptide (OT-ANP) system, using an OT antagonist (OTA), on the gene expression of hepatic guanylyl cyclase-A and some inflammatory markers in the liver of Ovx rats. Hepatic GC-A mRNAs were decreased (P < 0.05) in Ovx and Sham OTA-treated rats in the sedentary state, contrary to hepatic C-reactive protein (CRP) mRNA expression that increased in these animals (P < 0.05). Exercise training had no effect on hepatic expression of these genes in both Sham and Ovx rats receiving OTA. Overall, our results point to the interpretation that hepatic fat accumulation and resorption are dependent on mechanisms associated with a normal estrogenic status; indicating that a decrease in VLDL-TG production might be a contributing factor responsible for the hepatic fat accumulation induced by estrogen deficiency. Exercise training lowers liver fat accretion and VLDL-TG production independently of the estrogen levels. Moreover, hepatic expression of ANP receptors is decreased by OTA in both Sham and Ovx rats suggesting an indirect action of the OT system on the liver independently of the estrogenic status of the animal. Oxytocin-atrial natriuretic peptide axis may contribute to the protection of hepatic tissue under normal physiological conditions such as reducing inflammatory markers within the hepatocytes by exerting its role through guanylyl cyclase-A expression.