Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Changes the Landscape of the Alveolar Epithelium

<table>Chronic ethanol ingestion changes the landscape of the alveolar epithelium. 40X original magnification of white light illumination of trichrome-labeled cryoslices obtained from maltoedextrin-fed (control; top) versus chronic EtOH-fed mouse lung (Meadows-Cook model; bottom). (<svg height="13.75" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 7.7375002 13.75" width="7.7375002" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>) indicates inflamed area with exudate. Arrow points to alveolar macrophages inside airway. Note collapsed airway in Meadows-Cook alcohol mouse model versus control-fed animal.</table>

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Figure 1: Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Changes the Landscape of the Alveolar Epithelium 