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Severe lung lesions caused by Salmonella are prevented by inhibition of the contact system

Persson, Kristin LU ; Mörgelin, Matthias LU ; Lindbom, L ; Alm, Per LU ; Björck, Lars LU and Herwald, Heiko LU orcid (2000) In Journal of Experimental Medicine 192(10). p.1415-1424
Abstract
Vascular damage induced by trauma, inflammation, or infection results in an alteration of the endothelium from a nonactivated to a procoagulant, vasoconstrictive, and proinflammatory state, and can lead to life-threatening complications. Here we report that activation of the contact system by Salmonella leads to massive infiltration of red blood cells and fibrin deposition in the lungs of infected rats. These pulmonary lesions were prevented when the infected animals were treated with H-D-Pro-Phe-Arg-chloromethylketone, an inhibitor of coagulation factor XII and plasma kallikrein, suggesting that inhibition of contact system activation could be used therapeutically in severe infectious disease.
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bradykinin, factor XII, high molecular weight kininogen, plasma kallikrein, protease inhibitor
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Journal of Experimental Medicine
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192
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10
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1415 - 1424
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Rockefeller University Press
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  • pmid:11085744
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1540-9538
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English
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Infection Medicine (BMC) (013024020), Pathology, (Lund) (013030000), Department of Experimental Medical Science (013210000)
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  author       = {{Persson, Kristin and Mörgelin, Matthias and Lindbom, L and Alm, Per and Björck, Lars and Herwald, Heiko}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{1415--1424}},
  publisher    = {{Rockefeller University Press}},
  series       = {{Journal of Experimental Medicine}},
  title        = {{Severe lung lesions caused by Salmonella are prevented by inhibition of the contact system}},
  url          = {{http://www.jem.org/cgi/content/full/192/10/1415}},
  volume       = {{192}},
  year         = {{2000}},
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