REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE PNEUMOLOGIA, cilt.18, ss.272-277, 2012 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Objective: Prostacyclin (PGI2) has been shown to inhibit the expression of pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic mediators in pulmonary fibrosis. In this study, we aimed to test the preventive effects of intraperitoneally administered iloprost, a stable PGI2 analog, on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats and to compare the effects of iloprost with the effects of methylprednisolone, a traditional therapy.