Halofuginone does not reduce fibrosis in bleomycin-induced lung injury

Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1599-1606

  Tzurel, Anat ^a   Segel, Michael J ^a   Or, Reuven ^a   Goldstein, Ronald H ^b   Breuer, Raphael ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Fibrosis; Halofuginone; Interstitial lung disease; Rat

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; HALOFUGINONE; HYDROXYPROLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG; MALE; PIPERIDINES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; QUINAZOLINES; QUINAZOLINONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037162961     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)01902-1     Document Type: Article

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