Berberine attenuates epithelial mesenchymal transition in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice via activating A2aR and mitigating the SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling
Omaima A. Ahmedy, Marwa Kamel, Dalia M. Abouelfadl, Marwa E. Shabana, Rabab H. Sayed
Topics & Concepts
BleomycinBerberinePulmonary fibrosisFibrosisEpithelial–mesenchymal transitionPharmacologyDownregulation and upregulationMedicineIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisLungOxidative stressChemistryCancer researchEndocrinologyInternal medicineBiochemistryChemotherapyGeneBerberine and alkaloids researchInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisQuinazolinone synthesis and applications