Gadolinium decreases inflammation related to myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury

BACKGROUND: The lanthanide cation, gadolinium (GdCl(3)) protects the myocardium against infarction following ischemia and reperfusion. Neutrophils and macrophages are the main leukocytes responsible for infarct expansion after reperfusion. GdCl(3 )interferes with macrophage and neutrophil function i...

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Autores principales: Strande, Jennifer L, Routhu, Kasi V, Hsu, Anna, Nicolosi, Alfred C, Baker, John E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799407/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20003243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-6-34