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Lysyl Oxidase Activity Is Dysregulated during Impaired Alveolarization of Mouse and Human Lungs
25 Sept 2009
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Disordered extracellular matrix production is a feature of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). The basis of this phenomenon is not understood. OBJECTIVES: To assess lysyl oxidase expression and activity in the injured developing lungs of newborn mice and of prematurely born infants with BPD or at risk for BPD. METHODS: Pulmonary lysyl oxidase and elastin gene and protein expression were assessed in...
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