Effects of the alkaloid sinomenine on COX-2 activity and acute rejection in heart allografts: An experiment with rats

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 86, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 911-914

  Xu, Guang Quan ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Jin, Xiang Yuan ^a   Xia, Qiu Ming ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation; Immunosuppression; Sinomenine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; SINOMENINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART BEAT; HEART EDEMA; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL TIME; VASCULITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MORPHINANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33646025523     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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