Effect of triterpene acids of Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Leaf and MAPK signal transduction pathway on inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in alveolar macrophage of chronic bronchitis rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1099-1111

  Huang, Y ^a   Li, J ^a   Meng, X M ^a   Jiang, G L ^a   Li, H ^a   Cao, Q ^a   Yu, S C ^b   Lv, X W ^a   Cheng, W M ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui An tai Medical Company   (China)

Author keywords

Alveolar Macrophage (AM); Chronic Bronchitis (CB); Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase (iNOS); MAPK Signal Transduction; Nitric Oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; BCG VACCINE; DEXAMETHASONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LOQUAT; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ERIOBOTRYA; IMIDAZOLES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRITERPENES;

EID: 76449118701     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X09007521     Document Type: Article

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