The combined treatment with taurine and niacin blocks the bleomycin-induced activation of nuclear factor-kappaB and lung fibrosis

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2003:526:381-94. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0077-3_47.
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MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Bleomycin / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Bleomycin / pharmacology
  • Blotting, Western
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
  • Cytokines / genetics
  • Cytokines / metabolism*
  • DNA Primers
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
  • Hydroxyproline / metabolism
  • Mice
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism*
  • Niacin / administration & dosage
  • Niacin / pharmacology*
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / metabolism
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / prevention & control*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Taurine / administration & dosage
  • Taurine / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • DNA Primers
  • NF-kappa B
  • Bleomycin
  • Taurine
  • Niacin
  • Hydroxyproline