Stent‐induced tracheal stenosis can be predicted by IL ‐8 expression in rabbits

作者：Elena Arellano‐Orden; Carolina Serrano; Ana Montes‐Worboys; Verónica Sánchez‐López; Alicia Laborda; Fernando Lostalé; Celia Lahuerta; Francisco Rodríguez‐Panadero; Miguel ángel Gregorio

来源：European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2017, 47(1): 84-92.

DOI：10.1111/eci.12706

• Cytokine
• fibrosis
• rabbits
• stents
• tracheal stenosis

Abstract(#br)Background(#br)Bare metal stents may cause complications like fibrous encapsulation, granulation and tracheal stenosis. We investigated the behaviour of three commercially available stents in vivo (rabbits) and in vitro (coculture of those stents with epithelial and fibroblast cell line...