Title : Metformin alleviates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats: Pharmacological effects and molecular mechanisms.

Pub. Date : 2018 Jan

PMID : 29793317






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1 RESULTS: Administration of bleomycin caused pulmonary fibrosis in rats as evidenced by characteristic structural changes in histopathology, increased inflammatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, elevated lipid peroxidation marker, depleted endogenous antioxidants and increased inflammatory mediators (TNF-alpha, IL-6). Bleomycin tumor necrosis factor Rattus norvegicus