Effects of Houttuynia Cordata Thumb on expression of BMP-7 and TGF-β1 in the renal tissues of diabetic rats

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-225

  Wang, Fang ^a   Lu, Fuer ^a   Xu, Lijun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein 7; Diabetes; Houttuynia Cordata Thumb; Kidney; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BENAZEPRIL; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA THUMB EXTRACT; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; GLOMERULUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 7; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUTTUYNIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 35348908381     PISSN: 02552922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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