Protective effect of surfactant inhalation against warm ischemic injury in an isolated rat lung ventilation model.

Warm ischemia-reperfusion injury remains a crucial issue in transplantation following the cardiac death of donors. Previously, we showed that surfactant inhalation during warm ischemia mitigated ischemia-reperfusion injury. This study investigated the mechanisms of surfactant inhalation protection o...

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Main Authors: Akihiro Ohsumi, Fengshi Chen, Jin Sakamoto, Daisuke Nakajima, Masashi Kobayashi, Toru Bando, Hiroshi Date
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3757025?pdf=render