Effect of angelica sinensis on fibroblast in bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats

Medical Journal of Wuhan University

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 560-563

  Guo, Guangsong ^a   Wang, Hong ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Ophthalmology   (China)

Author keywords

Angelica sinensis; Connective tissue growth factor; Fibroblast; Lung fibrosis; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048978127     PISSN: 16718852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Sem HP. The myofibroblast in pulmonary fibrosis[J]. Chest, 2002, 122: 286-289.
2. Allen TJ, Spiteri AM. Growth factors in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: relative roles[J]. Respiratory Research, 2002, 3: 13.
3. Chinese source
4. Chinese source
5. Chinese source
6. Chujo S, Shirasaki F, Kawara S, et al. Connective tissue growth factor causes persistent proalpha collagen gene expression induced by transforming growth factor-beta in a mouse fibrosis model[J]. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2005, 203(2): 447-456.
7. Shi-Wen X, Pennington D, Holmes A, et al. Autocrine overexpression of CTGF maintains fibrosis: RDA analysis of fibrosis gene in systemic sclerosis[J]. Experimental cell Research, 2000, 259: 213-224.
8. Gauldie J, Sime PJ, Xing Z, et al. Transforming growth factor-β gene transfer to the lung induces myofibroblast and pulmonary fibrosis[J]. Current Topics in Pathology, 1999, 93: 37.
9. Chinese source