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Definition for pirfenidone
pirfenidone is medication used for such diagnoses as: respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, nonspecific interstitial pneumonia and interstitial lung disease.
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respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease
chronic lung disease in smokers
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chronic interstitial lung disease with no obvious cause
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azathioprine
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Definition of pirfenidone - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds ... pirfenidone. A substance that is being studied in the prevention and treatment of scar tissue ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=45030
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Pirfenidone inhibits the induction of iNOS stimula...[J Hepatol. 2004 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15519644
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Reversal of cardiac and renal fibrosis by pirfenidone and ...
Pirfenidone both prevents and reverses lung fibrosis and attenuates pulmonary ... Thus, both pirfenidone and spironolactone are candidate drugs for reversal of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1572838
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Clinical Study: 97-HG-0085, Therapeutic Clinical Trial of Oral ...
Clinical Study Summary ... Trial of Oral Pirfenidone for the Pulmonary Fibrosis ... not know if they are taking pirfenidone or a placebo "sugar pill" ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/detail/A_1997-HG-0085.html
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Jeffrey B. Kopp, M.D. : Faculty : NIDDK Laboratories
(5) FSGS Pirfenidone Study: Patients with steroid-resistant FSGS are eligible for ... Pirfenidone in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, 00-DK-0042 ...
http://intramural.niddk.nih.gov/research/faculty.asp?People_ID=1598
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Our Science - Comparative Molecular Pathology Research Training Program
(5) FSGS Pirfenidone Study: Patients with steroid-resistant FSGS are eligible for ... In preliminary analysis, pirfenidone slowed GFR decline by approximately 35%, an ...
http://ccr.nci.nih.gov/resources/training/mentor/investigators_NIDDK.asp
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Pirfenidone
http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/direct.jsp?name=Pirfenidone
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OVERVIEW AND PROGRES OF FIBROID PROJECT
4. Why treat fibroids with pirfenidone? Leiomyoma. Leiomyoma. ? Clonal growths ... 4. Pirfenidone holds promise as a nonsurgical, non-hormonal treatment for fibroids. ...
http://orwh.od.nih.gov/fibroid_conference/segars.pdf
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NIH Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) - ORD Intramural Research Program, FY ...
... Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome patients to a therapeutic protocol testing pirfenidone ... "Therapeutic Clinical Trial of Oral Pirfenidone for the Pulmonary Fibrosis of ...
http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/Resources.aspx?PageID=26
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Pharmacological Therapy for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: NHLBI workshop
Lung fibrosis is ameliorated by pirfenidone fed in diet after the second dose in ... Pirfenidone inhibits the stimulatory effects of profibrotic cytokines on human ...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/ipf-sum.htm
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eMedicine - Pulmonary Fibrosis, Idiopathic : Article by Javier I Diaz
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fibrosing ... Pirfenidone has previously been studied for treatment of various fibrotic ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1960.htm
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Pirfenidone Blocks the In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Staphylococcal ...
Pirfenidone also inhibits production of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-?) from ... Pirfenidone's ability to reduce cytokine expression in these disorders led us to ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Pulmonary Fibrosis
Bookmark This Page. Site Map. Sign up for WebMD Newsletters ... mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept), and pirfenidone, but results so far have been inconclusive. ...
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/pulmonary-fibrosis?page=2
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Clinical Study: 04-C-0080, Phase II Trial of Pirfenidone in Children ...
Clinical Study Summary Sheet for 04-C-0080 ... Pirfenidone is a novel antifibrotic agent that inhibits these and other growth factors. ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/detail/B_2004-C-0080.html
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Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of pirfenid...[Am J Respir Crit ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over ... In conclusion, treatment with pirfenidone improved VC and prevented acute ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15665326?ordinalpos=12&it...
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Pulmonary Fibrosis symptoms, causes, and treatment by MedicineNet.com
Pulmonary fibrosis means scarring throughout the lungs. Pulmonary fibrosis has ... such as gamma interferon, mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept), and pirfenidone. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/pulmonary_fibrosis/page2.htm
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Interstitial lung disease: Treatments and drugs - MayoClinic.com
Interstitial lung disease ? Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, causes, ... interferon gamma-1b, penicillamine and pirfenidone ? are sometimes used to help ...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/interstitial-lung-disease/D...
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Definition of pirfenidone - National Cancer Institute Drug Dictionary
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds ... pirfenidone ... Pirfenidone inhibits fibroblast, epidermal, platelet-derived, and transforming ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/drugdictionary.aspx?CdrID=38334
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Glomerular Disease Primer : Intramural Research at NIDDK
Pirfenidone for FSGS and collapsing glomerulopathy with progressive loss of kidney function ... Diabetic nephropathy. Pirfenidone for diabetic kidney disease ...
http://intramural.niddk.nih.gov/research/Glomerular_Diseases/
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List of drugs: Pi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
pirfenidone (INN) [edit] piri-pirn. piribedil (INN) piridicillin (INN) piridocaine (INN) ... This page was last modified on 27 May 2005, at 18:10. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drugs:_Pi
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Survival of Human Neurofibroma in Immunodeficient Mice and Initial ...
Pirfenidone modulates the action of such cytokines, as platelet-derived growth ... Antifibrotic effects of pirfenidone have been reported in animals, suggesting ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=548804
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Clinical Study: 00-DK-0042, Pirfenidone in Focal Segmental ...
Clinical Study Summary ... Patients will take pirfenidone by mouth 3 times a ... In human studies, pirfenidone improved breathing and survival in patients ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/detail/B_2000-DK-0042.html
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How Is Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Treated?
Pulmonary (PULL-mun-ary) fibrosis is a condition in which tissue deep in your lungs ... Pirfenidone. Pirfenidone is a medicine that may decrease scarring. ...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/ipf/ipf_treatments.html
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Inhibition of experimental acute pulmonary inflamm...[Pulm Pharmacol ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and ... Pirfenidone, a putative tumor ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12850123
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Attenuation of cardiac fibrosis by pirfenidone and amiloride in DOCA ...
Pirfenidone prevented and reversed lung fibrosis and attenuated pulmonary ... Pirfenidone decreased collagen production and deposition in a rat model of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1573203
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Definition of pituitary gland - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds to ... pinkeye, pioglitazone, piperacillin-tazobactam, pirfenidone, Piritrexim. Next Definitions: ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=46229
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Clinical Study: 05-DK-0113, Pirfenidone: A Novel Anti-Scarring Therapy ...
Clinical Study Summary Sheet for 05-DK-0113 ... Pirfenidone has been beneficial in other diseases involving scar formation, such ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/detail/B_2005-DK-0113.html
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... included interferon gamma-1b, the antifibrotic agent pirfenidone and bosentan. Pirfenidone and bosentan are currently being studied in patients with IPF while ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_pulmonary_fibrosis
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Transforming growth factor-beta: a clinical target for the treatment of ...
... of a novel antifibrotic drug, pirfenidone, may have important clinical relevance ... pirfenidone. Grant Support: R01 DK63017/DK/United States NIDDK ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15539010
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NIDDK Office of Fellow Recruitment and Career Development
You are receiving this message since your browser does not support Java Script ... for refractory disease with progressive loss of renal function, oral pirfenidone. ...
http://fellowshipoffice.niddk.nih.gov/SCRFP/renal.shtml
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Definition of piperacillin-tazobactam - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds to Hurricanes ... pirfenidone, Piritrexim, pituitary gland, pituitary tumor, pixantrone ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=46674
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Clinical Study: 05-H-0163, Relationship of Diastolic Function and ...
Clinical Study Summary Sheet ... This study will examine the relationship between certain ... Placebo-Controlled Study of Pirfenidone - A Novel Anti-Fibrotic ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/cgi/detail.cgi?B_2005-H-0163.html
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Kidney Disease Clinical Studies Initiative (KDCSI) : NIDDK
NIDDK Home > About NIDDK > Organization > Divisions > KUH ... Pirfenidone: Anti-Scarring Drug for Diabetic Nephropathy (pdf-146kb) ...
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/divisions/KUH/kdcsi/
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Definition of pixantrone - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds to Hurricanes ... piperacillin-tazobactam, pirfenidone, Piritrexim, pituitary gland, pituitary tumor ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=322231
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Uterine Fibroids and Hysterectomy
Because fibroid growth tends to stop and regress after menopause, the important ... Pirfenidone is one such agent, which blocks fibroid cell reproduction. ...
http://adam.about.com/reports/000073_7.htm
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Clinical Study: 01-DK-0053, Permeability Factor in Focal Segmental ...
Clinical Study Summary Sheet ... The purpose of this study is to learn more about permeability ... FSGS with pirfenidone, as pirfenidone has not previously ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/cgi/detail.cgi?A_01-DK-0053.html
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InterMune to Present Four Abstracts on HCV Protease Inhibitor ITMN-191 ...
- Results of Phase 1 clinical studies support advancement to Phase 2 ... 3 program, CAPACITY, which is evaluating pirfenidone as a possible therapeutic ...
http://www.drugs.com/clinical_trials/intermune-present-four-...
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Definition of Piritrexim - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds to ... pineocytoma, pinkeye, pioglitazone, piperacillin-tazobactam, pirfenidone. Next Definitions: ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=45276
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Clinical Studies: Search
All possible combinations of your search terms are shown below. ... A Pilot Study of Pirfenidone for the Treatment of Radiation Induced Fibrosis. 01-C-0028 : ...
http://clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov/cgi/wais/wais-search0320...
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Interstitial fibrosis and growth factors.
Effects of pirfenidone on procollagen gene expression at the transcriptional ... Pirfenidone inhibits PDGF isoforms in bleomycin hamster model of lung fibrosis ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1637668
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - All Sections (printer-friendly)
Print All Page for Idiopathic ... As the lung tissue becomes thicker, your lungs lose their ability ... Pirfenidone. Pirfenidone is a medicine that may ...
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/ipf/ipf_all.html
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NIH Clinical Center: Nephrology Clinical Research Training
The "About the Clinical Center" navigation menu has been ... Pirfenidone slow renal function decline in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. ...
http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/gme/programs/nephrology.html
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Primary progressive multiple sclerosis : current a...[CNS Drugs. 2005 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and ... and pirfenidone in progressive ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15907149
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Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research (DESPR)
randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of pirfenidone in the treatment of HPS. ... Results indicated that pirfenidone seems to benefit HPS patients ...
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/council_despr_2005.pdf
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Definition of pinkeye - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds to Hurricanes ... pioglitazone, piperacillin-tazobactam, pirfenidone, Piritrexim, pituitary gland ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=386194
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eMedicine - Pulmonary Fibrosis, Interstitial (Nonidiopathic) : Article ...
Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLDs) comprise a heterogenous group of ... Some evidence suggests that pirfenidone and acetylcysteine may have some benefit ...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1961.htm
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Prevention of progressive fibrosis in chronic rena...[J Nephrol. 2004 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and ... Pirfenidone (PFD) is a small molecule ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15372410?dopt=Abstract
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Definition of pineocytoma - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Virtual and Standard Colonoscopy Both Accurate. NCI Responds to Hurricanes ... pinkeye, pioglitazone, piperacillin-tazobactam, pirfenidone, Piritrexim ...
http://www.nci.nih.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=46228
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Glomerular Disease Primer : Intramural Research at NIDDK
Advanced Search. Home > Research Program Areas >Glomerular Disease Primer > ... in GFR despite ACE inhibitor or ARB therapy: therapy with oral pirfenidone. ...
http://intramural.niddk.nih.gov/research/glomerular_diseases/selected.asp
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PA-03-129: COMPETING CONTINUATION AWARDS OF SBIR/STTR PHASE II GRANTS ...
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: COMPETING CONTINUATION AWARDS OF ... a phospholipid; pirfenidone, a new ...
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-129.html
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