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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by acute hypoxemia respiratory failure, bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, and pulmonary edema of non-cardiac origin. Effective treatments for ARDS patients may arise from experimental studies with translational mouse models of this disease
Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget's disease of the bone and frontotemporal dementia is attributed to mutations in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene, mapped to chromosomal region 9p13.3-12. Affected individuals exhibit scapular winging and die from progressive muscle weakness and
1,1-Dichloroethane (DCE) is a solvent that is often found as a contaminant of drinking water and a pollutant at hazardous waste sites. Information on its short- and long-term toxicity is so limited that the U.S. EPA and ATSDR have not established oral reference doses or minimal risk levels for the
Intrauterine exposure to the potent lung toxicant OOS-TMP was found to result in neonatal lethality attributed to immature lungs (Koizumi et al. 1988). The present study was initiated to investigate biological/pathological profiles of such pulmonary immaturity. OOS-TMP was given p.o. to five
Trichloroethane functions in cosmetics as a solvent. Although Trichloroethane has been reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used in cosmetic products, an industry survey found that it is not in current use in the cosmetic industry. Trichloroethane is considered a Class I