Could N-acetylcysteine slow progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting EMT?

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2009 Nov;297(5):L803-4. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00283.2009. Epub 2009 Aug 21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcysteine / pharmacology
  • Acetylcysteine / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Disease Progression*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Epithelium / drug effects
  • Epithelium / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / drug therapy*
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology
  • Mesoderm / drug effects
  • Mesoderm / pathology*
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / drug effects
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
  • Rats

Substances

  • Acetylcysteine