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SUBMITTER: Zhuo XJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938057 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Experimental & molecular medicine 20180427 4
Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a life-threatening critical syndrome resulting largely from the accumulation of and the inability to clear pulmonary edema. Protectin DX, an endogenously produced lipid mediator, is believed to exert anti-inflammatory and pro-resolution effects. Protectin DX (5 µg/kg) was injected i.v. 8 h after LPS (14 mg/kg) administration, and alveolar fluid clearance was measured in live rats (n = 8). In primary rat ATII epithelial cells, protectin DX (3.605 × 10<sup>-3 ...[more]