The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common cause of respiratory failure in
critically ill patients and is defined by the acute onset of noncardiogenic pulmonary oedema …

The free radical nitric oxide (· NO) is a key mediator in different physiological processes such
as vasodilation, neurotransmission, inflammation, and cellular immune responses, and thus …

Inflammatory response leading to organ dysfunction and failure continues to be the major
problem after injury in many clinical conditions such as sepsis, severe burns, acute …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and its milder form acute lung injury (ALI) may
result from various diseases and situations including sepsis, pneumonia, trauma, acute …

The discovery of mechanisms that regulate salt and water transport by the alveolar and
distal airway epithelium of the lung has generated new insights into the regulation of lung …

Abstract I. Introduction 00 II. Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species 00 III. Biological
Markers of Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress 00 IV. Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress and Protein …

The primary function of neutrophils in host defense is to contain and eradicate invading
microbial pathogens. This is achieved through a series of swift and highly coordinated …

The evanescent nature of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, the multiple cellular
mechanisms evolved to maintain these substances at low (submicromolar) concentrations …

Rationale: Acute lung dysfunction of noninfectious etiology, known as idiopathic pneumonia
syndrome (IPS), is a severe complication following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation …

The first report of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was published in 1967, and
even now acute lung injury (ALI) and ARDS are severe forms of diffuse lung disease that …