N-acetylcysteine suppresses the progression of ventricular remodeling in acute myocarditis: Studies in an experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) model

Circulation Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 662-671

  Niwano, Shinichi ^a   Niwano, Hiroe ^a   Sasaki, Sae ^a   Fukaya, Hidehira ^a   Yuge, Masaru ^a   Imaki, Ryuta ^a   Machida, Yoji ^a   Izumi, Tohru ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myocardial remodeling; Myocarditis; N acetylcysteine; Radical scavenger; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CARDIAC MYOSIN; MESSENGER RNA; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MYOCARDITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79952331642     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0673     Document Type: Article

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