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TRPV4 channels augment macrophage activation and ventilator-induced lung injury.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Sept 2010
Hamanaka Kazutoshi, Jian Ming-Yuan, Townsley Mary I, King Judy A, Liedtke Wolfgang, Weber David S, Eyal Fabien G, Clapp Mary M, Parker James C
Abstract excerpt
We have previously implicated transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channels and alveolar macrophages in initiating the permeability increase in response to high peak inflation pressure (PIP) ventilation. Alveolar macrophages were harvested from TRPV4(-/-) and TRPV4(+/+) mice and instilled in the lungs of mice of the opposite genotype. Filtration coefficients (K(f)) measured in isolated perfused lungs...
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