Ethanol ingestion impairs alveolar epithelial glutathione homeostasis and function, and predisposes to endotoxin-mediated acute lung injury.
Guidot
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D
Department of Medicine, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Emory University, GA, USA.
Moss
M
M
Holguin
F
F
Lois
M
M
Brown
L
L
D000818:Animals; D004731:Endotoxins; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D006706:Homeostasis; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*
D004731:Endotoxins; D000431:Ethanol; D005978:Glutathione