Astragaloside IV synergizes with ferulic acid to inhibit renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis in rats with obstructive nephropathy

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1805-1818

  Meng, L Q ^a,b,c   Tang, J W ^a,b,c   Wang, Y ^a,b,c   Zhao, J R ^a,b,c   Shang, M Y ^b   Zhang, M ^a,b,c   Liu, S Y ^a,b,c   Qu, L ^a,b,c   Cai, S Q ^b   Li, X M ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Astragali Radix; astragaloside IV; ferulic acid; mitogen activated protein kinase; rat; renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis; unilateral ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ASTRAGALOSIDE IV; ENALAPRIL; FERULIC ACID; FIBRONECTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN HK 2; CELL STRAIN NRK 49F; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE ATROPHY; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COUMARIC ACIDS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SAPONINS; TRITERPENES; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 79953063741     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01206.x     Document Type: Article

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