Response of alveolar cells to mechanical stress

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-8

  Vlahakis, Nicholas E ^a,b   Hubmayr, Rolf D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar cells; Deformation; Lung injury; Mechanotransduction; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GROWTH FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LEPTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL REGENERATION; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXOCYTOSIS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; LIPID VESICLE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG INJURY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0037308350     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200302000-00002     Document Type: Review

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