Angiotensin II type 2 receptor antagonist reduces bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice

Respiratory Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Waseda, Yuko ^a   Yasui, Masahide ^a   Nishizawa, Yoriko ^a   Inuzuka, Kanako ^a   Takato, Hazuki ^a   Ichikawa, Yukari ^a   Tagami, Atsuro ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^a   Nakao, Shinji ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

1 (4 DIMETHYLAMINO 3 METHYLBENZYL) 5 DIPHENYLACETYL 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDRO 1H IMIDAZO[4,5 C]PYRIDINE 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BLEOMYCIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN; OLMESARTAN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMIDAZOLES; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; PYRIDINES; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; TETRAZOLES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 46249089001     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-9-43     Document Type: Article

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