Thymosin β4 protects C57BL/6 mice from bleomycin-induced damage in the lung

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-315

  Conte, Enrico ^a   Genovese, Tiziana ^b   Gili, Elisa ^a   Esposito, Emanuela ^b   Iemmolo, Maria ^a   Fruciano, Mary ^a   Fagone, Evelina ^a   Pistorio, Maria P ^a   Crimi, Nunzio ^a   Cuzzocrea, Salvatore ^b   Vancheri, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Inflammation; Lung; Mice; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PEROXIDASE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THYMOSIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84873993853     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eci.12048     Document Type: Article

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