May 2014

Whole lung lavage therapy: Treatment for lung injury caused by paraquat poisoning

Paraquat poisoning is characterized by multi-organ failure and pulmonary fibrosis with respiratory failure, resulting in high mortality and morbidity. To serious paraquat patients, the effectiveness of conventional treatments is unsuccessful. Whole lung lavage is a technique that was developed in the 1960s with the purpose of removing lipoproteinaceous material that accumulates in the bronchi of patients with alveolar...

Author(s): Baotian Kan, Xiangdong Jian, Zhongchen Zhang, Qian Zhou, Jieru Wang, Guangcai Yu and Jing Sun

May 2014

Bisphenol A induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the liver and affect epididymal semen quality in adults Sprague-Dawley rats

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, induced by Bisphenol A (BPA) may cause mammalian sperm damage according to research findings. BPA is a known contaminant that with increased exposure in the body can exert both toxic and estrogenic effects in mammalians cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of BPA-induced oxidative stress in the liver on epididymal semen quality in adult rat. BPA was mixed in...

Author(s): Ansoumane Kourouma, Duan Peng, Quan Chao, Yaima M. Lopez T, Liu Changjiang, Wang Chengmin, Fu Wenjuan, Qi Suqin, Yu Tingting and Yang Kedi