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SUBMITTER: Tang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3157683 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tang Huibin H Lee Myung M Budak Murat T MT Pietras Nicole N Hittinger Scott S Vu Michael M Khuong Andy A Hoang Chuong D CD Hussain Sabah N A SN Levine Sanford S Shrager Joseph B JB
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20110519 9
Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving measure in many critically ill patients. However, prolonged MV results in diaphragm dysfunction that contributes to the frequent difficulty in weaning patients from the ventilator. The molecular mechanisms underlying ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD) remain poorly understood. We report here that MV induces myonuclear DNA fragmentation (3-fold increase; P<0.01) and selective activation of caspase 9 (P<0.05) and Bcl2-interacting mediator o ...[more]