Hyperoxia accelerates Fas-mediated signaling and apoptosis in the lungs of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Oxygen supplementation is commonly given to the patients with severe pneumonia including Legionella disease. Recent data suggested that apoptosis may play an important role, not only in the pathogenesis of Legionella pneumonia, but also in oxygen-induced tissue damage. In the present stu...

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Main Authors: Maeda, Tsuneharu, Kimura, Soichiro, Matsumoto, Tetsuya, Tanabe, Yoshinari, Gejyo, Fumitake, Yamaguchi, Keizo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3083350/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21470397
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-107
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