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Chronic alcohol ingestion alters claudin expression in the alveolar epithelium of rats.
Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) - 1 Aug 2007
Fernandez Alberto L, Koval Michael, Fan Xian, Guidot David M
Abstract excerpt
Previously we determined that chronic alcohol ingestion (6 weeks) in rats increases lung epithelial permeability in vivo approximately 5-6-fold and promotes flooding of the alveolar airspaces with proteinaceous fluid in response to stresses such as sepsis. In parallel, alveolar epithelial cells isolated from alcohol-fed rats fail to form tight monolayers in vitro, even when cultured for up to 8 days in the...
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