Substantial Increases Occur in Serum Activins and Follistatin during Lung Transplantation.

Lung transplantation exposes the donated lung to a period of anoxia. Re-establishing the circulation after ischemia stimulates inflammation causing organ damage. Since our published data established that activin A is a key pro-inflammatory cytokine, we assessed the roles of activin A and B, and thei...

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Main Authors: David M de Kretser, Jonathan G Bensley, David J Phillips, Bronwyn J Levvey, Greg I Snell, Enjarn Lin, Mark P Hedger, Robyn E O'Hehir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4731072?pdf=render