The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 871-877 , October 2010

Tissue-derived proinflammatory effect of adenosine A2B receptor in lung ischemia–reperfusion injury

Read at the 90th Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 1–5, 2010.

  • Farshad Anvari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va
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  • Ashish K. Sharma, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va
    • ,
  • Lucas G. Fernandez, MD, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va
    • ,
  • Tjasa Hranjec, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va
    • ,
  • Katya Ravid, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass
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  • Irving L. Kron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va
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  • Victor E. Laubach, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Victor E. Laubach, PhD, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box 801359, Charlottesville, VA 22908.

Received 28 April 2010 ,Revised 14 June 2010 ,Accepted 28 June 2010.

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 This study was funded by National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grants R01 HL092953 (to V.E.L.) and T32 HL007849 (to I.L.K.).

 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(10)00700-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.06.051

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 871-877 , October 2010

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