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Substantial Increases Occur in Serum Activins and Follistatin during Lung Transplantation

BACKGROUND: Lung transplantation exposes the donated lung to a period of anoxia. Re-establishing the circulation after ischemia stimulates inflammation causing organ damage. Since our published data established that activin A is a key pro-inflammatory cytokine, we assessed the roles of activin A and...

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Autores principales: de Kretser, David M., Bensley, Jonathan G., Phillips, David J., Levvey, Bronwyn J., Snell, Greg I., Lin, Enjarn, Hedger, Mark P., O’Hehir, Robyn E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4731072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26820896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140948