Pini, Alessandro

Prevention of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by a novel antifibrotic peptide with relaxin-like activity. [electronic resource] - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics Dec 2010 - 589-99 p. digital

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

1521-0103

10.1124/jpet.110.170977 doi


Animals
Bleomycin--administration & dosage
Bronchi--pathology
Cell Line, Tumor
Collagen--metabolism
Cyclic AMP--metabolism
Cyclic GMP--metabolism
Fibroblasts--drug effects
Goblet Cells--pathology
Humans
Lung--metabolism
Male
Matrix Metalloproteinase 2--metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Monocytes--drug effects
Muscle, Smooth--pathology
Nitric Oxide--metabolism
Peptides--administration & dosage
Peroxidase--metabolism
Pulmonary Fibrosis--chemically induced
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled--agonists
Receptors, Peptide--agonists
Relaxin--agonists
Signal Transduction--drug effects
Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances--metabolism
Transforming Growth Factor beta1--pharmacology
Tyrosine--analogs & derivatives