Astragalus and Angelica mixture ameliorates renal interstitial fibrosis by a multiple manner

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 296-302

  Meng, Li Qiang ^a   Qu, Lei ^a   Li, Xiao Mei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angelica; Astragalus; Fibrosis; Obstructive nephropathy; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ANGELICA EXTRACT; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; FIBRONECTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANGELICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; ATROPHY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHINESE HERB; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33745448678     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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