Beneficial effect of neutrophil elastase inhibitor on anti-Thy1.1 nephritis in rats

Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-32

  Kumasaka, Ryuichiro ^a   Nakamura, Norio ^a   Fujita, Takeshi ^a   Murakami, Reiichi ^a   Shimada, Michiko ^a   Osawa, Hiroshi ^a   Yamabe, Hideaki ^a   Okumura, Ken ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti Thy1.1 nephritis; Neutrophil elastase inhibitor; Proteinuria; Sivelestat; Tissue injury

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE INHIBITOR; SIVELESTAT; THY 1 ANTIGEN; THY 1.1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, THY-1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCINE; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEPHRITIS; PROTEINASE INHIBITORY PROTEINS, SECRETORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149059127     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2007.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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