Anti-profibrotic effects of artesunate on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in Sprague Dawley rats.

Wang, Changming

Anti-profibrotic effects of artesunate on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in Sprague Dawley rats. [electronic resource] - Molecular medicine reports Jul 2015 - 1291-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1791-3004

10.3892/mmr.2015.3500 doi


Actins--antagonists & inhibitors
Animals
Artemisinins--pharmacology
Artesunate
Bleomycin
Collagen Type I--antagonists & inhibitors
Gene Expression Regulation
HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins--antagonists & inhibitors
Lung--drug effects
Male
Protective Agents--pharmacology
Pulmonary Fibrosis--chemically induced
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Smad3 Protein--antagonists & inhibitors
Transforming Growth Factor beta1--antagonists & inhibitors