Obesity-induced adipokine imbalance impairs mouse pulmonary vascular endothelial function and primes the lung for injury

Obesity-induced adipokine imbalance impairs mouse pulmonary vascular endothelial function and primes the lung for injury

Obesity is a risk factor for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) but mechanisms mediating this association are unknown. While obesity is known to impair systemic blood vessel function, and predisposes to systemic vascular diseases, its effects on the pulmonary circulation a...

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Main Authors: Shah, Dilip, Romero, Freddy, Duong, Michelle, Wang, Nadan, Paudyal, Bishnuhari, Suratt, Benjamin T., Kallen, Caleb B., Sun, Jianxin, Zhu, Ying, Walsh, Kenneth, Summer, Ross
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464323/

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