Dexamethasone Attenuates VEGF Expression and Inflammation but Not Barrier Dysfunction in a Murine Model of Ventilator–Induced Lung Injury

• Maria A. Hegeman,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Marije P. Hennus,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Pieter M. Cobelens,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Annemieke Kavelaars,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Nicolaas J. G. Jansen,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Marcus J. Schultz,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Adrianus J. van Vught,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Cobi J. Heijnen

  * E-mail: c.heijnen@umcutrecht.nl

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neuroimmunology and Developmental Origins of Disease, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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