What is it about?
Bacterial pneumonia causes serious illness in susceptible populations. We show a mechanism by which Vitamin E may be able to prevent the effects of pneumonia in susceptible patients.
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Why is it important?
Bacterial pneumonia in immunocompromised patients can be deadly and is becoming ever more drug-resistant. Vitamin E may be used to help prevent or reduce lung injury
Perspectives
I hope this manuscript opens new areas of research into other medications that may be useful alongside antibiotics to help critically ill patients.
Brant Wagener
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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This page is a summary of: Alpha-tocopherol Attenuates the Severity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced Pneumonia, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, April 2020, American Thoracic Society,
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0185oc.
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