Augmentation of Pulmonary Epithelial Cell IL-8 Expression and Permeability by Pre-B-cell Colony Enhancing Factor

• Main Authors: Fang Deyu (Author), Cepeda Javier (Author), Liu Peng (Author), Li Hailong (Author), Easley R Blaine (Author), Simon Brett A (Author), Zhang Li (Author), Ye Shui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Previous studies in our lab have identified Pre-B-cell colony enhancing factor (PBEF) as a novel biomarker in acute lung injury (ALI). The molecular mechanism of PBEF involvement in the pathogenesis of ALI is still incompletely under...