The Basic Science and Molecular Mechanisms of Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

*Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, The Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania †Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ‡Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The authors declare that they have nothing to disclose. Address Correspondence to: Ata Murat Kaynar, MD, MPH, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. E-mail: [email protected]