Article Text
Review series
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • 3: Experimental animal models of pulmonary emphysema
Abstract
The use of genetically manipulated mice together with traditional animal studies are steadily increasing our knowledge of the factors important in determining alveolar formation and destruction in emphysema. A review of the animal models used to study emphysema is presented.
- pulmonary emphysema
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease animal models