Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Role of Oleic Acid-Triggered Lung Injury and Inflammation

Table 1

Major agents that cause pulmonary injury.

Cell type	Agents
Alveolar types I and II cells	Pulmonary aspiration (HCl), trauma, lung infection (alive microbes or microbes secreted molecules), smoke inhalation (tobacco and other molecules), oleic acid, LPS, drug overdose, and inflammatory mediators
Endothelial cells	Systemic infection (sepsis, alive microbes or metabolic products), oleic acid, LPS, fatty embolism, large volume blood replacement, burn injury, inflammatory mediators, and autoantibodies