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

• Главные авторы: Masaki Arima (Автор), Toshio Kumai (Автор), Kentaro Asoh (Автор), Yuko Takeba (Автор), Koutaro Murano (Автор), Kenjiro Goto (Автор), Yoshimitsu Tsuzuki (Автор), Masanori Mizuno (Автор), Takahiro Kojima (Автор), Shinichi Kobayashi (Автор), Yasushi Koitabashi (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...