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Susceptibility of cyclooxygenase-2-deficient mice to pulmonary fibrogenesis.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2002
Bonner James C, Rice Annette B, Ingram Jennifer L, Moomaw Cindy R, Nyska Abraham, Bradbury Alyce, Sessoms Alisha R, Chulada Patricia C, Morgan Daniel L, Zeldin Darryl C, Langenbach Robert
Abstract excerpt
The cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 enzyme has been implicated as an important mediator of pulmonary fibrosis. In this study, the lung fibrotic responses were investigated in COX-1 or COX-2-deficient (-/-) mice following vanadium pentoxide (V(2)O(5)) exposure. Lung histology was normal in saline-instilled...
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