Effect of Astragali-Cordyceps Mixtura on TGF-β/Smad signal pathway in the lung of asthma airway remodeling

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-74

  Gao, Gui xin ^a,b   Li, Qing mei ^a   Shen, Hua hao ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asthma airway remodeling; Astragali Cordyceps Mixtura (ACM); TGF Smad signal pathway

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; BUDESONIDE; COLLAGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NATURAL PRODUCT; OVALBUMIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BASE SEQUENCE; CORDYCEPS; DNA PRIMERS; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLANT EXTRACTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; CORDYCEPS; MUS;

EID: 67749132417     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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