Agmatine attenuates silica-induced pulmonary fibrosis

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 650-660

  El Agamy, D S ^a   Sharawy, M H ^a   Ammar, E M ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Agmatine; nitric oxide; pulmonary fibrosis; rats; silica

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYPROLINE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILICOSIS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901466921     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327114521047     Document Type: Article

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