Effects of Wenyang Chubi Decoction on connective tissue growth factor and collagen-I in a mouse model of scleroderma

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 526-530

  Yan, Xiao Ning ^a   Feng, Jie ^a   Li, Wei Bin ^a   Cui, Rong ^a   Shi, Bin Jun ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Chinese herbal; Collagen type T; Connective tissue; Drugs; Experimental animal models; Gowth factors; Mice; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHINESE DRUG; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WENYANG CHUBI;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLERODERMA; SKIN FIBROSIS;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN;

EID: 34648833617     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20070510     Document Type: Article

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