Effects of Antenatal Dexamethasone on Antioxidant Enzymes and Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Rat Lung

• Main Authors: Masaki Arima (Author), Toshio Kumai (Author), Kentaro Asoh (Author), Yuko Takeba (Author), Koutaro Murano (Author), Kenjiro Goto (Author), Yoshimitsu Tsuzuki (Author), Masanori Mizuno (Author), Takahiro Kojima (Author), Shinichi Kobayashi (Author), Yasushi Koitabashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We investigated the effects of prenatal dexamethasone (DEX) administration on antioxidant enzymes (AOEs) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in fetal and neonatal rat lungs. DEX (1 mg/kg, s.c., for 2 days) or vehicle alone was administered to pregnant rats, and the lungs of fetuses on days 19 and 21 of...