• Dexamethasone decreases the transmesothelial electrical resistance of the parietal and visceral pleura 

      Zarogiannis, S.; Deligiorgi, T.; Stefanidis, I.; Liakopoulos, V.; Gourgoulianis, K.; Molyvdas, P. A.; Hatzoglou, C. (2009)
      The effect of dexamethasone on the transmesothelial electrical resistance (R (TM)) of sheep pleura was investigated by Ussing chamber experiments. Our results show that dexamethasone decreases the R (TM) of sheep pleurae, ...
    • VEGF increases the permeability of sheep pleura ex vivo through VEGFR2 stimulation 

      Peppa, V. I.; Arsenopoulou, Z. V.; Zarogiannis, S. G.; Deligiorgi, T.; Jagirdar, R.; Makantasis, I.; Stefanidis, I.; Liakopoulos, V.; Molyvdas, P. A.; Gourgoulianis, K. I.; Hatzoglou, C. (2014)
      Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a cytokine that increases vascular permeability to water and proteins and induces angiogenesis, has been implicated in the development of pleural effusions. Inflammatory and ...