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Effects of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) null mutation on radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis and respiratory insufficiency in mice.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 15 May 2002
Hallahan Dennis E, Geng Ling, Shyr Yu
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BACKGROUND: Therapy-induced inflammation and progressive fibrosis limit the efficacy of thoracic radiotherapy for lung neoplasms. However, mice bearing a null mutation of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) have previously been found to display no inflammatory cell infiltration into the lung following thoracic irradiation. We investigated the role of ICAM-1-mediated inflammation in the pathogenesis of...
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