Retinoic acid treatment abrogates elastase-induced pulmonary emphysema in rats

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 675-677

  De Carlo Massaro, Gloria ^a   Massaro, Donald ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; MALE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRETINOIN;

EID: 16944366965     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0697-675     Document Type: Article

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