The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine (대한한방내과학회지)
- Volume 27 Issue 3
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- Pages.639-652
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- 2006
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- 1226-9174(pISSN)
The Effects of Forsythiae Frucus on Inflammatory Genes and Cyto-pathological Alterations in Chronic Non-Bacterial Prostatitis Rat Model
연교(連翹)가 만성 비세균성 전립선영 Rat의 염증발현인자 및 세포조직 변화에 미치는 영향
- Lee, Jin-Sin (Dept. of Internal medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Ahn, Young-Min
(Dept. of Internal medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Ahn, Se-Young
(Dept. of Internal medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Doo, Ho-Kyung (Dept. of Internal medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Lee, Byung-Cheol
(Dept. of Internal medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
- 이진신 (경희대학교 한의과대학 신계내과학교실) ;
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안영민
(경희대학교 한의과대학 신계내과학교실) ;
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안세영
(경희대학교 한의과대학 신계내과학교실) ;
- 두호경 (경희대학교 한의과대학 신계내과학교실) ;
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이병철
(경희대학교 한의과대학 신계내과학교실)
- Published : 2006.09.30
Abstract
Objective : The etiology of chronic prostatitis is likely multifactorial, resulting from either a cascade of events after an initiating factor or from a variety of etiologic mechanisms. There is substantiating evidence to support the role of the inflammatory responses in its pathogenesis, and the clinical value in the evaluation of therapeutic efficacy. Forsythiae Frucus has been traditionally used in treatment of inflammatory diseases, including of prostatitis and urinary tract inflammation. In this study, we investigated the effects of Forsythiae Frucus on inflammatory cytokines and cyto-pathological alternation in the rat model of chronic non-bacterial prostatitis induced by castration and