Role of type II pneumocytes in pathogenesis of radiation pneumonitis: Dose response of radiation-induced long changes in the transient high vascular permeability period

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Österreicher, Jan ^a   Pejchal, Jaroslav ^a   Škopek, Jiři ^b   Mokrỳ, Jaroslav ^c   Vilasová, Zdena ^a   Psutka, Jan ^a   Vávrová, Jiřina ^a   Mazurová, Yvona ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF TOXICOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Lung injury model; Pathogenesis; Radiation pneumonitis; Type II pneumocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; OCCLUDIN; OCCLUDIN 1; PENTILIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOCYTE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRADIATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RAT; THORAX;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 10344225115     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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