Publication Date:
2013-08-28
Description:
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a common lung disease of premature infants, with devastating short- and long-term consequences. The pathogenesis of BPD is multifactorial, but all triggers cause pulmonary inflammation. No therapy exists; therefore, we investigated whether the anti-inflammatory interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) prevents murine BPD. We precipitated BPD by perinatal...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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