Longitudinal assessment of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis by Micro-CT correlates with histological evaluation in mice

Longitudinal assessment of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis by Micro-CT correlates with histological evaluation in mice

Abstract Background The intratracheal instillation of bleomycin in mice induces early damage to alveolar epithelial cells and development of inflammation followed by fibrotic tissue changes and represents the most widely used model of pulmonary fibrosis to investigate human IPF. Histopathology is th...

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Main Authors: Francesca Ruscitti, Francesca Ravanetti, Jeroen Essers, Yanto Ridwan, Sasha Belenkov, Wim Vos, Francisca Ferreira, Alex KleinJan, Paula van Heijningen, Cedric Van Holsbeke, Antonio Cacchioli, Gino Villetti, Franco Fabio Stellari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2017-04-01
Series:Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine
Subjects:
Bleomycin
Lung fibrosis
Micro-CT
Mice
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40248-017-0089-0

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