Association of Heme Oxygenase 1 with Lung Protection in Malaria-Associated ALI/ARDS

• Main Authors: Marcelo L. M. Pereira (Author), Luana S. Ortolan (Author), Michelle K. Sercundes (Author), Daniela Debone (Author), Oscar Murillo (Author), Flávia A. Lima (Author), Claudio R. F. Marinho (Author), Sabrina Epiphanio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Malaria is a serious disease, caused by the parasite of the genus Plasmodium, which was responsible for 440,000 deaths in 2015. Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) is one of the main clinical complications in severe malaria. The murine model DBA/2 reproduces the clinical...