Oral <i>N</i>‐acetylcysteine attenuates pulmonary emphysema and alveolar septal cell apoptosis in smoking‐induced COPD in rats

Abstract

NAC attenuates lung damage, pulmonary emphysema and alveolar septal cell apoptosis by partly reversing the decrease in VEGF secretion and VEGFR2 protein expression in smoking-induced COPD in rats.