Translational Research in Acute Lung Injury and Pulmonary Fibrosis Neutrophil elastase-induced elastin degradation mediates macrophage influx and lung injury in 60 % O 2-exposed neonatal rats

Azhar Masood, Man Yi, Rosetta Belcastro, Jun Li, Lianet Lopez, Crystal Kantores, Robert P. Jankov, and A. Keith Tanswell Lung Biology Programme, Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada