MAPK activation modulates permeability of isolated rat alveolar epithelial cell monolayers following cyclic stretch.

We cultured (5 days) rat alveolar epithelial cells to investigate the role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPk) signaling in ventilator induced epithelial barrier dysfunction. Cells were stretched to a magnitude of 12% or 37% change in surface area at a rate of 0.25 Hz with and without pretrea...

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Main Authors: Taylor S Cohen, Gladys Gray Lawrence, Amit Khasgiwala, Susan S Margulies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2860996?pdf=render