Retinoic acid treatment partially rescues failed septation in rats and in mice

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 5 PART 1, 2000, Pages

  Massaro, Gloria D ^a   Massaro, Donald ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid hormones; Premature infants; Pulmonary emphysema; Regulation of alveolar dimensions

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0034074088     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2000.278.5.l955     Document Type: Article

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