Augmentation of Pulmonary Epithelial Cell IL-8 Expression and Permeability by Pre-B-cell Colony Enhancing Factor

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Previous studies in our lab have identified Pre-B-cell colony enhancing factor (PBEF) as a novel biomarker in acute lung injury (ALI). The molecular mechanism of PBEF involvement in the pathogenesis of ALI is still incompletely under...

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Main Authors: Fang Deyu, Cepeda Javier, Liu Peng, Li Hailong, Easley R Blaine, Simon Brett A, Zhang Li, Ye Shui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-09-01
Series:Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:http://www.journal-inflammation.com/content/5/1/15