Anti-inflammatory Effect of Theophylline in Rats and Its Involvement of the Glucocorticoid-Glucocorticoid Receptor System

• Main Authors: Shigekazu Watanabe (Author), Jun Yamakami (Author), Masao Tsuchiya (Author), Tomoko Terajima (Author), Junko Kizu (Author), Seiji Hori (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although theophylline has been suggested to have an anti-inflammatory effect, there have been few reports to show the in vivo effect and the mechanism of anti-inflammatory activity of theophylline experimentally. To reveal the anti-inflammatory activity of theophylline, we studied the effect of theo...