AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, vol.172, no.10, pp.1267-1275, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Rationale: Prolonged controlled mechanical ventilation results in diaphragmatic inactivity and promotes oxidative injury, atrophy, and contractile dysfunction in this important inspiratory muscle. However, the impact of controlled mechanical ventilation on global mRNA alterations in the diaphragm remains unknown.