................................................................................................................................ iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......................................................................................................... iv LIST OF TABLES....................................................................................................................... vi LI...

.................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 6 Materials and Methods ............................................................................................ 8 Results .................................

223 words) .......................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION (758 words) .................................................................................................. 3 A CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW (1867 words) .................................................................... 6 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION (682 words) ......

................................................................................ ii-iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................. v LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................. vi-ix General Introduction...................

.............................................................................................iv LIST OF FIGURES.......................................................................vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION......................................................1 CHAPTER 2: MOUSE SERUM ALBUMIN IS A SENSITIVE MARKER FOR EPITHELIAL DAMAGE IN A MURINE PRECLINICAL MODEL................................

...................................................................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................... vi LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................ vii LIST OF FIGURES .............

...............................................................................................iii Acknowledgments...................................................................................iv Dedication..............................................................................................v Chapter 1 – Introduction......................................................................

.................................................................................................... 52 Introduction ............................................................................................... 53 Experiment 1 ............................................................................................. 57 Experiment 2 .............................................................