Signaling pathway crucial to acute lung injury discovered

Monday, January 31, 2011 - 22:40 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have discovered a signaling pathway that is crucial to the devastating effects of acute lung injury (ALI). The data, obtained from cells, animals and ALI patients, suggest several potential therapeutic targets. Experimental blockade of one of the targets significantly reduced flooding of the lungs that is the hallmark of ALI.

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