Substrate stiffness-dependent exacerbation of endothelial permeability and inflammation: mechanisms and potential implications in ALI and PH (2017 Grover Conference Series)

The maintenance of endothelial barrier integrity is absolutely essential to prevent the vascular leak associated with pneumonia, pulmonary edema resulting from inhalation of toxins, acute elevation to high altitude, traumatic and septic lung injury, acute lung injury (ALI), and its life-threatening...

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Main Authors: Pratap Karki, Anna A. Birukova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-04-01
Series:Pulmonary Circulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894018773044