Characterization of a murine model of monocrotaline pyrrole-induced acute lung injury

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>New animal models of chronic pulmonary hypertension in mice are needed. The injection of monocrotaline is an established model of pulmonary hypertension in rats. The aim of this study was to establish a murine model of pulmonary hype...

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Main Authors: Pullamsetti Soni S, Savai Rajkumar, Weissmann Norbert, Dony Eva, Koebrich Silke, Dumitrascu Rio, Ghofrani Hossein A, Samidurai Arun, Traupe Horst, Seeger Werner, Grimminger Friedrich, Schermuly Ralph T
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/8/25