# Radix puerariae extracts ameliorate paraquat-induced pulmonary fibrosis by attenuating follistatin-like 1 and nuclear factor erythroid 2p45-related factor-2 signalling pathways through downregulation of miRNA-21 expression

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/radix-puerariae-extracts-ameliorate-paraquat-induced-pulmonary-fibrosis-by/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Mingwei Liu,Rong Liu,Haiying Wu,Yiyun Li,Mei-xian Su,Min-Na Dong,Wei Zhang,Chuanyun Qian |
| Citations | 45 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12906-016-0991-6 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | gold |
| OA URL | https://bmccomplementmedtherapies.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12906-016-0991-6 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2238225481 |
| PMID | 26758514 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2015 |

## Paper authors

- [Rong Liu](https://scholariq.org/researchers/rong-liu/)

## Paper journal

- [BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine](https://scholariq.org/journals/bmc-complementary-and-alternative-medicine/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Paraquat toxicity studies and treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/paraquat-toxicity-studies-and-treatments/)

## Paper topics

- [Paraquat toxicity studies and treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/paraquat-toxicity-studies-and-treatments/)
- [Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis](https://scholariq.org/topics/interstitial-lung-diseases-and-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis/)
- [Andrographolide Research and Applications](https://scholariq.org/topics/andrographolide-research-and-applications/)

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