Lung morphometry and MMP-12 expression in rats treated with intraperitoneal nicotine

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 393-400

  Santos Valença, Samuel ^a   De Souza Da Fonseca, Adenilson ^a   Da Hora, Katia ^a   Santos, Ricardo ^a   Porto, Luis Cristóvão ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Lung; Metalloelastase; Morphometry; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; NICOTINE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842577525     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0940-2993-00322     Document Type: Article

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