Does a tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor reduce the embryotoxic effects of endometriotic peritoneal fluid?
These data collectively highlight the crucial role of TNF-α in CH-PF-induced embryotoxicity and suggest that TNF-α inhibitors may be potential therapeutic agents for treating endometriosis-induced infertility.
Mechanical ventilation with a high tidal volume and no PEEP increases alveolar fibrin deposition and systemic PAI-1 activity, which are attenuated by captopril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. These results imply that local ANG II is involved in the pathogenesis of disordered coagulation in ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) and suggest that the protective mechanism of captopril's attenuation of VILI is related to a reduction in PAI-1.