Procollagen gene expression is down-regulated by taurine and niacin at the transcriptional level in the bleomycin hamster model of lung fibrosis

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1152-1157

  Gurujeyalakshmi, G ^a   Iyer, Swarnalatha N ^a   Hollinger, M A ^b   Giri, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PROCOLLAGEN; TAURINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN; CRICETINAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NIACIN; PROCOLLAGEN; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TAURINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030431442     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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