Uridine 5'-Triphosphate Stimulates Alveolar Fluid Clearance in the Isolated Rat Lungs

• Main Authors: Tsutomu Sakuma (Author), Xiu Gu (Author), Makoto Sugita (Author), Motoyasu Sagawa (Author), Maki Sakuda (Author), Hirohisa Toga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Uridine 5'-triphosphate (UTP) increases chloride secretion followed by fluid movement into the proximal airspaces. However, little is known about whether UTP affects fluid movement in the distal airspaces. We studied the effect of UTP on basal and stimulated alveolar fluid clearance in the isol...