The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) is known to be an endogenous negative feedback or compensatory mechanism that serves to limit pro-inflammatory and chemotactic events in response to injury. The aim of this study is to elucidate whether Akt plays any role in 17?-estradiol (E2)-mediated attenuation of lung injury after acute pancreatitis (AP).
Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, 5, Fushing Street, Kweishan Shiang, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
