The effect of colchicine and vinblastine on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in rats
1Department of Pathophysiology, Veterinary Faculty of Agricultural Academy, Lublin, Poland.
Acta Physiologica Hungarica
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The effect of colchicine and vinblastine on collagenase, lysyl oxidase and prolyl hydroxylase activities as well as on collagen cross-linking and types of this protein in bleomycin induced lung fibrosis in rats was investigated. Both colchicine and vinblastine diminish bleomycin-induced changes in the above-mentioned enzyme activities as well as collagen cross-linking and normalize type I/type III collagen ratio.


