A novel swine model of ricin-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome

• Main Authors: Shahaf Katalan (Author), Reut Falach (Author), Amir Rosner (Author), Michael Goldvaser (Author), Tal Brosh-Nissimov (Author), Ayana Dvir (Author), Avi Mizrachi (Author), Orr Goren (Author), Barak Cohen (Author), Yoav Gal (Author), Anita Sapoznikov (Author), Sharon Ehrlich (Author), Tamar Sabo (Author), Chanoch Kronman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pulmonary exposure to the plant toxin ricin leads to respiratory insufficiency and death. To date, in-depth study of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) following pulmonary exposure to toxins is hampered by the lack of an appropriate animal model. To this end, we established the pig as a larg...