Vitamin A deficiency alters the pulmonary parenchymal elastic modulus and elastic fiber concentration in rats

BACKGROUND: Bronchial hyperreactivity is influenced by properties of the conducting airways and the surrounding pulmonary parenchyma, which is tethered to the conducting airways. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is associated with an increase in airway hyperreactivity in rats and a decrease in the volume...

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Autores principales: McGowan, Stephen E, Takle, Erika J, Holmes, Amey J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1199621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16033655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-77

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1199621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16033655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-77

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