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SUBMITTER: Comellas AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2633058 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Comellas Alejandro P AP Briva Arturo A Dada Laura A LA Butti Maria L ML Trejo Humberto E HE Yshii Cecilia C Azzam Zaher S ZS Litvan Juan J Chen Jiwang J Lecuona Emilia E Pesce Liuska M LM Yanagisawa Masashi M Sznajder Jacob I JI
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 20081023 2
<h4>Rationale</h4>Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is increased in patients with high-altitude pulmonary edema and acute respiratory distress syndrome, and these patients have decreased alveolar fluid reabsorption (AFR).<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether ET-1 impairs AFR via activation of endothelial cells and nitric oxide (NO) generation.<h4>Methods</h4>Isolated perfused rat lung, transgenic rats deficient in ETB receptors, coincubation of lung human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC-L) with rat a ...[more]