Pentoxifylline fails to attenuate fibrosis in dystrophic (mdx) diaphragm muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 820-823

  Gosselin, Luc E ^a   Williams, Jacqueline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifibrotic therapy; Collagen; Connective tissue; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; HYDROXYPROLINE; MESSENGER RNA; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FIBROSIS; HYDROXYPROLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33744951696     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20523     Document Type: Article

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