Immunostimulant, hepatoprotective, and nephroprotective potential of Bacillus subtilis (NMCC-path-14) in comparison to dexamethasone in alleviating CFA-induced arthritis.

Arthritis Hepatoxicity Immunosuppression Nephrotoxicity Probiotics Steroid

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Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology
ISSN: 1432-1912
Titre abrégé: Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0326264

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Date de publication:
06 Nov 2023
Historique:
received: 18 06 2023
accepted: 22 10 2023
medline: 6 11 2023
pubmed: 6 11 2023
entrez: 6 11 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

To investigate and compare efficacy as well as safety of Bacillus subtilis and dexamethasone (Dexa) in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced arthritis, we used glucocorticoid monotherapy (Dexa 5 mg/kg/day) and B. subtilis (1 × 10

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pubmed: 37930392
doi: 10.1007/s00210-023-02814-w
pii: 10.1007/s00210-023-02814-w
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Auteurs

Muhammad Usama Mazhar (MU)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Sadaf Naz (S)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Tayyaba Zulfiqar (T)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Jehan Zeb Khan (JZ)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Shakira Ghazanfar (S)

National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB), National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan.

Muhammad Khalid Tipu (MK)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. mktipu@qau.edu.pk.

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