Predictive Criteria to Study the Pathogenesis of Malaria-Associated ALI/ARDS in Mice

Malaria-associated acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) often results in morbidity and mortality. Murine models to study malaria-associated ALI/ARDS have been described; we still lack a method of distinguishing which mice will develop ALI/ARDS before death. This work aime...

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Main Authors: Luana S. Ortolan, Michelle K. Sercundes, Renato Barboza, Daniela Debone, Oscar Murillo, Stefano C. F. Hagen, Momtchilo Russo, Maria Regina D’ Império Lima, José M. Alvarez, Marcos Amaku, Claudio R. F. Marinho, Sabrina Epiphanio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/872464