α-Chitin nanofibrils improve inflammatory and fibrosis responses in inflammatory bowel disease mice model

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 197-200

  Azuma, Kazuo ^a   Osaki, Tomohiro ^a   Ifuku, Shinsuke ^b   Saimoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Tsuka, Takeshi ^a   Imagawa, Tomohiro ^a   Okamoto, Yoshiharu ^a   Minami, Saburo ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin nanofibrils; Anti fibrosis; Anti inflammatory; Inflammatory bowel disease; Nuclear factor B

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FIBROSIS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; NANO-FIBRILS; NUCLEAR FACTORS;

BODY FLUIDS; MAMMALS; SODIUM;

CHITIN;

MUS;

AUTACOID; CHITIN; NANOFIBER;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CHITIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NANOFIBERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864130457     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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