Rikkunshito ameliorates bleomycin-induced acute lung injury in a ghrelin-independent manner

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Tsubouchi, Hironobu ^a   Yanagi, Shigehisa ^a   Miura, Ayako ^a   Iizuka, Seiichi ^b   Mogami, Sachiko ^b   Yamada, Chihiro ^b   Hattori, Tomohisa ^b   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Tsumura Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Ghrelin; Rikkunshito

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; GHRELIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HESPERIDIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; RELEASING FACTOR; RIKKUNSHITO; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING DISORDER; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; GHRELIN; RIKKUNSHITO;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BLEOMYCIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EATING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GHRELIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HESPERIDIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; NF-KAPPA B; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84893392983     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00096.2013     Document Type: Article

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