Transforming growth factor β2 induced pleurodesis is not inhibited by corticosteroids

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 643-648

  Lee, Y C G ^a,b   Devin, C J ^a   Teixeira, L R ^c   Rogers, J T ^a   Thompson, P J ^b   Lane, K B ^a   Light, R W ^a  

^a SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Pleural effusion; Pleurodesis; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRIAMCINOLONE DIACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; FIBROSIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; RABBITS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 0034900376     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.8.643     Document Type: Article

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