Article
Phenotypic and functional analysis of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells from patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Apr 1996
Grau G E, Mili N, Lou J N, Morel D R, Ricou B, Lucas R, Suter P M
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this study was to assess the phenotypic and functional characteristics of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (MVEC) in the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Pulmonary MVEC were isolated from the lungs of five patients who developed ARDS, and from four patients who...
Topics
- Adult
- Animals
- E-Selectin
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Female
- Humans
- Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1
- Interleukin-6
- Interleukin-8
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Lung
- Male
- Mice
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome