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Mediators released from LPS-challenged lungs induce inflammatory responses in liver vascular endothelial cells and neutrophilic leukocytes.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Dec 2009
Markovic N, McCaig L A, Stephen J, Mizuguchi S, Veldhuizen R A W, Lewis J F, Cepinskas G
Abstract excerpt
The systemic inflammatory response plays an important role in the progression of acute lung injury (ALI) to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). However, the role of lung-derived inflammatory mediators in induction of the inflammatory response in remote organs is poorly understood. To address the above, we investigated the effects of lung inflammation on induction of inflammatory response(s) in the liver...
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