Effectiveness of Cissampelos sympodialis and its isolated alkaloid warifteine in airway hyperreactivity and lung remodeling in a mouse model of asthma

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-155

  Bezerra Santos, Claudio R ^a   Vieira De Abreu, Adriana ^b   Vieira, Giciane Carvalho ^a   Filho, Jaime R ^a,b   Barbosa Filho, José Maria ^a   Pires, Ana Lucia ^b   Martins, Marco Aurelio ^b   Souza, Heitor S ^c   Bandeira Melo, Christianne ^c   Bozza, Patrícia T ^b   Piuvezam, Marcia R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Airway remodeling; Cissampelos sympodialis; Interleukin 13; Warifteine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALLERGEN; CISSAMPELOS SYMPODIALIS EXTRACT; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARIFTEINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CISSAMPELOS SYMPODIALIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INHALATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SENSITIZATION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CISSAMPELOS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-13; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84860383125     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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