The collected alveolar lavage fluid was centrifuged at 1,500 rpm for 10 min, and the supernatant and precipitate were separated separately. After obtaining the rat BALF, the middle lobe of the right ...

PHTN is defined as a systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) of >35 mm Hg or a mean PAP ... At low lung volumes, alveolar collapse leads to hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction of extra-alveolar ...

Active tuberculosis (ATB) diagnosis suffers from several knowledge gaps and challenges, including the need for newer assays with faster turn-around-time (TAT), high sensitivity and specificity, lower ...