Studies on Pentoxifylline and Tocopherol Combination for Radiation-Induced Heart Disease in Rats

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1552-1559

  Liu, Hui ^a,b   Xiong, Mai ^b   Xia, Yun Fei ^a,b   Cui, Nian Ji ^a,b   Lu, Ru Biao ^a,b   Deng, Ling ^a,b   Lin, Yue Hao ^a,b   Rong, Tie Hua ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Heart; Irradiation; Rat; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; IRRADIATION; PUMPS; RADIATION; RATS;

COLLAGEN FIBERS; COMPETITIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTIONS; CONTROL GROUPS; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; FIBROSIS; FOUR GROUPS; HEART; HEART DISEASE; MRNA EXPRESSIONS; PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; POST IRRADIATIONS; RAT HEARTS; REBOUND EFFECTS; SINGLE DOSE; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS; TIME POINTS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; MESSENGER RNA; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRRADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT;

ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FIBROSIS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TOCOPHEROLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 62649175893     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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