Effect of tranilast on bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis in a rat model

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1315-1320

  Tang, Liantao ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a   Han, Xiaoli ^a   Chen, Dongling ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interferon ; Pulmonary fibrosis; Th1 Th2; Tranilast; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANILAST; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 TH2 BALANCE;

EID: 80052974932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJPP11.448     Document Type: Article

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