Research Article

Intranasal Application of Budesonide Attenuates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury by Suppressing Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain-Like Receptor Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Inflammasome Activation in Mice

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Budesonide attenuated the histopathological injury induced by LPS in mice. C57BL/6 mice received LPS administration (5 mg/kg, i.t.) with/without budesonide pretreatment (0.5 mg/kg). Twelve hours after LPS injection, histopathological changes were observed using HE staining (a). Lung injury scores were used to semiquantitatively evaluate the histopathological injury (b). Data were expressed as deviations (). compared with the control group and compared with the ALI group.
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