Treatment with dexamethasone or liposome-encapsuled vitamin e provides beneficial effects after chemical-induced lung injury

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 958-964

  Wigenstam, Elisabeth ^a,c   Rocksn, David ^a,b   Ekstrand Hammarstrm, Barbro ^a   Bucht, Anders ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Dexamethasone; Melphalan; Nitrogen mustard; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOSOME; MELPHALAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCAPSULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BURNS, CHEMICAL; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINES; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG CARRIERS; FEMALE; LIPOSOMES; LUNG INJURY; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; VITAMIN E;

BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 70350681851     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370802596298     Document Type: Article

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