Antifibrotic effects of crocetin in scleroderma fibroblasts and in bleomycin-induced sclerotic mice
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Antifibrotic effects of crocetin in scleroderma fibroblasts and in bleomycin-induced sclerotic mice
OBJECTIVE To investigate the antifibrotic effects of crocetin in scleroderma fibroblasts and in sclerotic mice. METHODS Skin fibroblasts that were isolated from three systemic scleroderma (SSc) patients and three healthy subjects were treated with crocetin (0.1, 1 or 10 μM). Cell proliferation was measured with an MTT assay. Alpha-smooth muscle actin was detected via an immunohistochemical me...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1807-5932
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(10)10