AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, vol.183, no.1, pp.70-74, 2002 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: We tested the hypothesis that lung injury after intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) requires the activation of CD11/CD18 glycoprotein complex and its ligand, intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), on pulmonary endothelial surface.