Lung Targeted Lipopolymeric Microspheres of Dexamethasone for the Treatment of ARDS

• Main Authors: Sabna Kotta (Author), Hibah Mubarak Aldawsari (Author), Shaimaa M. Badr-Eldin (Author), Lenah S. Binmahfouz (Author), Rana Bakur Bakhaidar (Author), Nagaraja Sreeharsha (Author), Anroop B. Nair (Author), Chandramouli Ramnarayanan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a catastrophic illness of multifactorial etiology, involves a rapid upsurge in inflammatory cytokines that leads to hypoxemic respiratory failure. Dexamethasone, a synthetic corticosteroid, mitigates the glucocorticoid-receptor-mediated inflammation and ac...