Angiopoietin-2: modulator of vascular permeability in acute lung injury?
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 16441182.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 1360081.
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Abstract
Hashimoto and Pittet discuss a new study in PLoS Medicine that suggests that angiopoietin-2 may have a key role to play in causing ARDS in patients with sepsis.
Medical subject headings
- Angiopoietin-2
- Capillary Permeability
- Lung