Title : Leonurine (SCM-198) attenuates myocardial fibrotic response via inhibition of NADPH oxidase 4.

Pub. Date : 2013 Jan

PMID : 23127783






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1 Herein, we investigated the roles and the possible mechanisms of leonurine for reducing fibrotic responses in angiotensin II (Ang II)-stimulated primary neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts and post-myocardial infarction (MI) rats. leonurine angiotensinogen Rattus norvegicus
2 Herein, we investigated the roles and the possible mechanisms of leonurine for reducing fibrotic responses in angiotensin II (Ang II)-stimulated primary neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts and post-myocardial infarction (MI) rats. leonurine angiotensinogen Rattus norvegicus
3 In in vitro experiments performed in neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts, leonurine (10-20 muM) pretreatment attenuated Ang II-induced activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, production of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), expression and activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2/9, and expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin and types I and III collagen. leonurine angiotensinogen Rattus norvegicus