Open AccessAlbumin Protects Against Gut-Induced Lung Injury In Vitro and In Vivo
Author(s) -
Adena J. Osband,
Edwin A. Deitch,
Carl J. Hauser,
Quan Lu,
Sergey B. Zaets,
Tamara L. Berezina,
George W. Machiedo,
Kapil K. Rajwani,
Dazhong Xu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000133359.12284.6b
Subject(s) - medicine , albumin , in vivo , lymph , bronchoalveolar lavage , pathology , pharmacology , immunology , lung , andrology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Since albumin has the ability to detoxify, we assessed whether low-dose albumin could protect against trauma/hemorrhagic shock (T/HS)-induced endothelial cell, lung, gut, and red blood cell (RBC) injury in vivo and endothelial cell injury in vitro.