| pubmed-article:17032351 | pubmed:abstractText | Acute pancreatitis can lead to increased pulmonary vascular permeability and respiratory failure. Oxidants (and their generator, xanthine oxidase (XO)) play an important role in injuring the structural integrity of the pulmonary epithelium and endothelium, but their importance in the induction of acute lung injury following pancreas ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) has not been defined. | lld:pubmed |
