... Generation of inflammatorycytokines in zymosan-induced pleurisy in rats: TNF inducesIL-6 and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant(CINC) in vivo. Cytokine 1998, 10(12):956-963.48. Clayburgh ... Thus, a key step in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury may be myosin light chain kinase activationby TNFα, leading to epithelial barrier dysfunction. Thereis extensive literature examining the ... proteins, including ZO-1, junction adhesion molecule 1, occludin, claudin-1, and claudin-4 [27]. The effects of pro-inflammatory cytokineson lung epithelial barrier function were studied usinglung...