Effects of tacrolimus and dexamethasone on tubulointerstitial fibrosis in mercuric chloride treated Brown Norway rats.

Suzuki, Kazuhiko

Effects of tacrolimus and dexamethasone on tubulointerstitial fibrosis in mercuric chloride treated Brown Norway rats. [electronic resource] - Experimental and toxicologic pathology : official journal of the Gesellschaft fur Toxikologische Pathologie Sep 2003 - 197-207 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

0940-2993

10.1078/0940-2993-00314 doi


Animals
Anti-Inflammatory Agents--administration & dosage
Dexamethasone--administration & dosage
Disease Models, Animal
Drug Therapy, Combination
Fibroblasts--drug effects
Fibrosis--drug therapy
Immunosuppressive Agents--administration & dosage
Injections, Subcutaneous
Kidney Tubules--drug effects
Lymphocytes--drug effects
Macrophages--drug effects
Male
Mercuric Chloride--toxicity
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle--drug effects
Nephritis, Interstitial--chemically induced
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1--genetics
RNA, Messenger--metabolism
Rats
Rats, Inbred BN
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tacrolimus--administration & dosage
Transforming Growth Factor beta--genetics
Transforming Growth Factor beta1