Immunosuppressive and antiinflammatory effects of triptolide and its prodrug PG-490-88

Drugs of the Future

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-60

  Chen, Benny J ^a   Chao, Nelson J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CASPASE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; PG 49088; PRODRUG; TACROLIMUS; TRIPTOLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LD 50; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0036122779     PISSN: 03778282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dof.2002.027.01.647608     Document Type: Review

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