In rats with capsaicin-induced rhinitis, BPC‑157 pretreatment significantly prevented mastocyte infiltration at 1 h.
In plain wordsIn rats, BPC‑157 given beforehand prevented mast cell build-up in the nose after capsaicin.
- Peptide
- BPC-157
- Outcome
- DecreaseMastocyte infiltration at 1 h
- Study
Wistar ratn: not reported in source
capsaicin-induced rhinitis- Comparator
- Saline
- Outcome group
- Inflammation markers · Respiratory
- Studied dose
- 10 µg/kg or 10 ng/kg · intraperitoneal · single pretreatmentAs given in this study (Wistar rat).
Source sentences
BPC 157 pretreatment significantly prevented mastocyte infiltration at 1 h.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Animals were pretreated with 10 microg/kg, 10 ng/kg or 2 ml saline i.p. and capsaicin (0.05 ml/nostril of 1750 nmol/l sol.) was applied intranasally.
Protection of BPC 157 on capsaicin-induced rhinitis was studied in Wistar rats for its effect on mastocyte infiltration, degranulation and inflammatory cell infiltration.