Effects of triptolide from Radix Tripterygium wilfordii (Leigongteng) on cartilage cytokines and transcription factor NF-κB: A study on induced arthritis in rats

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Xiao, Cheng ^a,b   Zhou, Jing ^b   He, Yinghui ^c   Jia, Hongwei ^b   Zhao, Linhua ^b   Zhao, Ning ^b   Lu, Aiping ^b,d  

^a CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRIPTOLIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIPTERYGIUM; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII;

EID: 67651062342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-4-13     Document Type: Article

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