Pentoxifylline ameliorates cerulein-induced pancreatitis in rats: Role of glutathione and nitric oxide

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 670-676

  Gómez Cambronero, Luis ^a   Camps, Bruno ^a   De La Asunción, José García ^a   Cerdá, Miguel ^a   Pellín, Antonio ^a   Pallardó, Federico V ^a   Calvete, Julio ^a   Sweiry, Jacob H ^b   Mann, Giovanni E ^b   Viña, José ^a   Sastre, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CERULETIDE; CYTOKINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAERULEIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GLUTATHIONE; LIPASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0342657039     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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