Attenuation of lipopolysaccharide-induced lung inflammation by ascorbic acid in rats: Histopathological and ultrastructural study

Introduction: Lipopolysaccharide is a bacterial endotoxin that induces acute lung injury in experimental animals, which is similar to acute respiratory distress syndrome in humans. The induced tissue trauma ends in fibrosis. Understanding the pathogenesis is important in the prevention and treatment...

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Main Authors: Hazem Abdelhamid Mohamed, Yasser M Elbastawisy, Wael M Elsaed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-02-01
Series:SAGE Open Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312119828260