Sepsis-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is milder in diabetic rats and correlates with impaired NFkB activation.

Acute lung injury (ALI) develops in response to a direct insult to the lung or secondarily to a systemic inflammatory response, such as sepsis. There is clinical evidence that the incidence and severity of ALI induced by direct insult are lower in diabetics. In the present study we investigated whet...

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Main Authors: Luciano R Filgueiras, Joilson O Martins, Carlos H Serezani, Vera L Capelozzi, Marlise B A Montes, Sonia Jancar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3443211?pdf=render