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antifibrotic

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antifibrotic /an·ti·fi·brot·ic/ (-fi-brot´ik) causing regression of fibrosis, or an agent that so acts.


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Juan Leon, from the same laboratory (NWU), showed that captopril, an antifibrotic angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, is effective in ameliorating experimental autoimmune myocarditis and experimental Chagas heart disease.
To date there are no approved antifibrotic agents for the management of fibrosis.
Although relaxin's antifibrotic properties have been well understood for years, recent studies have highlighted the hormone's angiogenic and vasodilatory properties.
 
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