Anti-inflammatory effect of pentoxifylline [10]

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 321-

  Inoue, Ken Ichiro ^a   Takano, Hirohisa ^a   Yanagisawa, Rie ^a   Sakurai, Miho ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRAIN; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 3242676378     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.1.321     Document Type: Letter

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