Combined Effects of Ventilation Mode and Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Mechanics, Gas Exchange and the Epithelium in Mice with Acute Lung Injury
Figure 6
Representative blots are shown for surfactant protein (SP)-B and its pro form (proSP-B) as well as E-cadherin obtained from lung homogenates and lavage fluid at the conclusion of 60 min of ventilation using CV, CVLB or VVN at PEEPs of 3 (left) and 6 cmH2O (right). UV denotes blots from HCl-injured but unventilated group of animals. Note the small gaps between several images for a given protein. These blots are from the same film, but not in the same order as the rest of the blots. The original image was first cut into pieces, without changing the image, and then reassembled in the desired order.