Combination of Salvia miltiorrhiza and ligustrazine attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats via modulating TNF-α and TGF-β

• Main Authors: Chengliang Huang (Author), Xu Wu (Author), Shengpeng Wang (Author), Wenjun Wang (Author), Fang Guo (Author), Yuanyuan Chen (Author), Bi Pan (Author), Ming Zhang (Author), Xianming Fan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic, progressive, fibrosing interstitial lung disease, is associated with extremely poor prognosis, and lacks effective treatment. The frequently used immunosuppressive therapies such as dexamethasone (DEX) are often associated with side...