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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2008

Animal models of acute lung injury.

Gustavo Matute-Bello, Charles W Frevert, Thomas R Martin

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Review in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 913 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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913citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
18.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

913 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,729 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Assessment of Noninvasive Measurement Techniques and Histologic Findings in a Mouse Model of LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gustavo Matute-BelloMedical Research Service of the Veterans Affairs/Puget Sound Health Care System, 815 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Charles W Frevert
Thomas R Martin
University of Washington · US

Funding

The alveolar epithelium in lung injury and repairR01HL083044 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MATUTE-BELLO, GUSTAVO · 2006 to 2010
$2.3M
Acute Lung Injury: Link Between Apoptosis and Fibrosis R01HL081764 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MATUTE-BELLO, GUSTAVO · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
Gene-targeted mouse models to study the function of versicanR21RR030249 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI FREVERT, CHARLES WAYNE · 2010 to 2011
$388k
NCRR NIH HHS R21 RR030249NHLBI NIH HHS HL-081764NHLBI NIH HHS HL-083044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute lung injury in humans is characterized histopathologically by neutrophilic alveolitis, injury of the alveolar epithelium and endothelium, hyaline membrane formation, and microvascular thrombi. Different animal models of experimental lung injury have been used to investigate mechanisms of lung injury. Most are based on reproducing in animals known risk factors for ARDS, such as sepsis, lipid embolism secondary to bone fracture, acid aspiration, ischemia-reperfusion of pulmonary or distal vascular beds, and other clinical risks. However, none of these models fully reproduces the features of human lung injury. The goal of this review is to summarize the strengths and weaknesses of existing models of lung injury. We review the specific features of human ARDS that should be modeled in experimental lung injury and then discuss specific characteristics of animal species that may affect the pulmonary host response to noxious stimuli. We emphasize those models of lung injury that are based on reproducing risk factors for human ARDS in animals and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each model and the extent to which each model reproduces human ARDS. The present review will help guide investigators in the design and interpretation of animal studies of acute lung injury.

Indexed as

Lung InjuryAcute DiseaseAnimalsBleomycinChemokinesDisease Models, AnimalEndothelium, VascularEndotoxinsHumansHyperoxiaImmunity, InnateLungMiceNitric OxideOleic AcidPulmonary AlveoliBleomycinChemokinesEndotoxinsNitric OxideOleic AcidReceptors, Chemokine

Identifiers

PMID18621912
PMCPMC2536793
OpenAlexW2115144902

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