Impaired alveolar development and abnormal lung elastin in preterm lambs with chronic lung injury: potential benefits of retinol treatment

Biol Neonate. 2003;84(1):101-2. doi: 10.1159/000071012.

Authors

Richard D Bland¹, Kurt H Albertine, Richard A Pierce, Barry C Starcher, David P Carlton

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., USA.

PMID: 12890945
DOI: 10.1159/000071012

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Newborn
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / drug therapy*
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / metabolism
Elastin / metabolism*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Models, Animal*
Pulmonary Alveoli / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Alveoli / metabolism
Sheep
Vitamin A / therapeutic use*

Substances

Vitamin A
Elastin