The influence of dexamethasone on the proliferation and apoptosis of pulmonary inflammatory cells in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats

Respirology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Li, Hui Ping ^a   Li, Xia ^a   He, Guo Jun ^a   Yi, Xiang Hua ^a   Kaplan, Allen P ^b  

^a SHANGHAI PULMONARY HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bleomycin; Dexamethasone; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN A5; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BLEOMYCIN; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL DIVISION; DEXAMETHASONE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 2442432372     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2003.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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