Inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by serum from rats treated orally with Gastrodia and Uncaria decoction, a traditional Chinese formulation

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 458-462

  Wang, ShiJun ^a   Chen, Ying ^b   He, DongDong ^b   He, LiRen ^c   Yang, YuMin ^a   Chen, JunZhu ^a   Wang, XingXiang ^a  

^a First Affiliated Hospital   (China)

^b Department of Air Service   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

c myc; Gastrodia and Uncaria decoction; PCNA; VSMC

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CYCLINE; ENALAPRIL; ENDOTHELIN 1; GASTROATA AND UNCARIA DECOCTION; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIN-1; GASTRODIA; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERUM; UNCARIA;

GASTRODIA; RATTUS; UNCARIA;

EID: 35648952203     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.08.039     Document Type: Article

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