Curcumin attenuates elastase- and cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary emphysema in mice

First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan Submitted 15 August 2008 ; accepted in final form 16 January 2009 Curcumin, a yellow pigment obtained from turmeric ( Curcumina longa ), is a dietary polyphenol that has been reported to possess anti-inflammatory an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2009-04, Vol.296 (4), p.L614-L623
Hauptverfasser:	Suzuki, Masaru, Betsuyaku, Tomoko, Ito, Yoko, Nagai, Katsura, Odajima, Nao, Moriyama, Chinatsu, Nasuhara, Yasuyuki, Nishimura, Masaharu
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Antioxidants Antioxidants - metabolism Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Chemokines - genetics Chemokines - metabolism Cigarettes Curcumin - pharmacology Curcumin - therapeutic use Disease Models, Animal Emphysema Gene expression Lung - drug effects Lung - enzymology Lung - pathology Lungs Macrophages, Alveolar - drug effects Macrophages, Alveolar - metabolism Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Oxidative Stress - drug effects Pancreatic Elastase Peroxidase - metabolism Phytotherapy Pneumonia - chemically induced Pneumonia - complications Pneumonia - drug therapy Pneumonia - prevention & control Pulmonary Emphysema - chemically induced Pulmonary Emphysema - complications Pulmonary Emphysema - drug therapy Pulmonary Emphysema - prevention & control Rodents Smoking Sus scrofa Up-Regulation - drug effects
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