Protease Inhibitors Extracted from Caesalpinia echinata Lam. Affect Kinin Release during Lung Inflammation

Inflammation is an essential process in many pulmonary diseases in which kinins are generated by protease action on kininogen, a phenomenon that is blocked by protease inhibitors. We evaluated kinin release in an in vivo lung inflammation model in rats, in the presence or absence of CeKI (C. echinat...

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Main Authors: Ilana Cruz-Silva, Viviane Abreu Nunes, Andrezza Justino Gozzo, Priscila Praxedes-Garcia, Aparecida Sadae Tanaka, Kazuaki Shimamoto, Mariana Silva Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9425807
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