Artemisinin suppresses sympathetic hyperinnervation following myocardial infarction via anti-inflammatory effects

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 737-743

  Gu, Yongwei ^a,b   Wang, Xi ^a,b   Wu, Gang ^a,b   Wang, Xin ^a,b   Cao, Hong ^a,b   Tang, Yanhong ^a,b   Huang, Congxin ^a,b  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Inflammation reaction; Myocardial infarction; Sympathetic remodeling

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART INNERVATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTEMISININS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84877155341     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: 15672387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-012-9440-0     Document Type: Article

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