Naftopidil reduced the proliferation of lung fibroblasts and bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in mice.

In conclusion, naftopidil may have therapeutic effects on lung fibrosis.
PMID: 30873733 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: J Cell Mol Med - March 14, 2019 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Urushiyama H, Terasaki Y, Nagasaka S, Kokuho N, Endo Y, Terasaki M, Kunugi S, Makita K, Isago H, Hosoki K, Souma K, Ishii T, Matsuzaki H, Hiraishi Y, Mikami Y, Noguchi S, Tamiya H, Mitani A, Yamauchi Y, Shimizu A, Nagase T Tags: J Cell Mol Med Source Type: research