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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Pirfenidone was administered to sensitized Brown Norway rats prior to a series of ovalbumin challenges. Airway hyperresponsiveness, inflammatory cell infiltration, mucin and collagen content, and the degree of epithelium and smooth muscle staining for TGF-beta were examined in control, sensitized, and sensitized/challenged rats fed a normal diet or pirfenidone diet. Pirfenidone had no effect on airway hyperresponsiveness, but reduced distal bronchiolar cell infiltration and proximal and distal mucin content. Statistical analysis showed that the control group and sensitized/challenged pirfenidone diet group TGF-beta staining intensity scores were not significantly different from isotype controls, but that the staining intensity scores for the sensitized/challenged normal diet group was significantly different from isotype controls. These results suggest that pirfenidone treatment is effective in reducing some of the components of acute inflammation induced by allergen challenge.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1094-5539
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
660-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Asthma, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Bronchi, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Bronchial Hyperreactivity, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Bronchial Provocation Tests, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Mucins, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Ovalbumin, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Pyridones, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Random Allocation, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Rats, Inbred BN, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Respiratory Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:17049446-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of pirfenidone on airway hyperresponsiveness and inflammation in a Brown-Norway rat model of asthma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physical Therapy, School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural