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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2017

High-dose dexamethasone induced LPS-stimulated rat alveolar macrophages apoptosis.

Si Zeng, Hui Qiao, Xue-Wen Lv, Dan Fan, Tong Liu, Dongli Xie

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Si Zeng *Department of Anesthesiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu.
Hui Qiao *Department of Anesthesiology, The Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xue-Wen LvDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu.
Dan FanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu.
Tong LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu.
Dongli XieDepartment of Anesthesiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu.
Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital · CNEye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prolonged administration of an excessive dose of corticosteroids proved to be harmful for patients with acute lung injury (ALI). A previous study has found that repeated administration of an excessive dose of methylprednisolone reduced alveolar macrophages (AMs) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) with an unknown mechanism. This study aimed to investigate the effect of excessive use of dexamethasone (Dex) on BALF AMs in vitro. Transmission electron microscopy and DNA fragmentation analysis demonstrated that 10

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Acute Lung InjuryAnimalsApoptosisBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidDexamethasoneDNA FragmentationDose-Response Relationship, DrugDown-RegulationGlucocorticoidsInterleukin-10Interleukin-12LipopolysaccharidesMacrophages, AlveolarMaleMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionRatsDexamethasoneGlucocorticoidsInterleukin-10Interleukin-12LipopolysaccharidesTransforming Growth Factor betaTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaacute lung injuryalveolar macrophageapoptosisdexamethasoneinflammatory cytokineslipopolysaccharide

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PMID29123381
PMCPMC5661847
OpenAlexW2765885359

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