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1370971

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Improved lung preservation with a low-potassium dextran-containing solution has been previously demonstrated. In a subsequent study, it was shown that dextran 40 contributes significantly to this improved preservation. In the current in vitro study, human neutrophils suspended in lung preservation solutions (low potassium with dextran and low potassium without dextran) were stimulated to produce superoxide radicals. The presence of dextran in the solution did not significantly alter the amount of superoxide measured in the assay (low potassium with dextran, 4.149 +/- 0.144 nmol/10(6) cells/20 min; low potassium without dextran, 3.896 +/- 0.215; p greater than 0.2). This suggests that dextran 40 did not appreciably scavenge superoxide radicals, nor did it alter the production of superoxide radicals by stimulated neutrophils. Thus the significantly improved lung preservation seen with the use of dextran 40 is probably not mediated by a superoxide radical scavenging process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-5223
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
326-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Improved lung preservation with dextran 40 is not mediated by a superoxide radical scavenging mechanism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't