Leukotriene C4 (LTC4), a mediator generated by a variety of inflammatory cells, participates in several physiological and pathological processes. It has been shown that LTC4 stimulates collagen synthesis by fibroblasts, ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is the end-point of a numerous and heterogeneous group of disorders known as interstitial lung diseases (ILD). Lung fibrotic remodeling is characterized by fibroblast/myofibroblast activation, and excessive ...

Four pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA) were isolated from Ageratum houstonianum and their structures elucidated by spectroscopical methods. Besides the already known lycopsamine three new PA were found. Their structures are the ...

Rabbit ceruloplasmin (Cp) was purified after solid ammonium sulfate precipitation to 60% final saturation by a two-step column chromatography procedure, utilizing DEAE-Sephadex A-50 and changing the NaCl concentration in ...

The synaptonemal complex (SC) is the central key structure for meiosis in organisms undergoing sexual reproduction. During meiotic prophase I, homologous chromosomes exchange genetic information at the time they are attached ...

Aberrant wound-healing responses to injury have been implicated in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, but the mediators directing these pathologic responses have yet to be fully identified. We show that lysophosphatidic ...

Two different interstitial collagens were isolated from the muscle layer of the marine polychaete worm Hermodice sp. (Annelida). Collagens were solubilized after limited pepsin digestion and fractionated by a differential ...