The role of alveolar epithelium in radiation-induced lung injury.

Pneumonitis and fibrosis are major lung complications of irradiating thoracic malignancies. In the current study, we determined the effect of thoracic irradiation on the lungs of FVB/N mice. Survival data showed a dose-dependent increase in morbidity following thoracic irradiation with single (11-13...

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Main Authors: Celine Almeida, Devipriya Nagarajan, Jian Tian, Sofia Walder Leal, Kenneth Wheeler, Michael Munley, William Blackstock, Weiling Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3543315?pdf=render