Increased fine particle deposition in women with asymptomatic nonspecific airway hyperresponsiveness.

abstract：:Long-term cognitive impairment is common among ICU survivors, but its natural history remains unclear. In this systematic review, we report the frequency of cognitive impairment in ICU survivors across various time points after ICU discharge that were extracted from 46 of the 3,350 screened records. Prior studies used...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Honarmand K,Lalli RS,Priestap F,Chen JL,McIntyre CW,Owen AM,Slessarev M

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An imbalance between neutrophil proteases and the surrounding antiproteases is critical in the normal functioning of the neutrophil. Enzyme activity is of importance in cell migration and may play a role in some beneficial aspects of host defense. However, when persistent or excessive this imbalance can be detrimental...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Stockley RA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking causes the development of chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We hypothesized that exposure to cigarette smoke might initiate release of inflammatory mediators by bronchial epithelial cells. To evaluate this, the effect of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on IL-8 release from c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mio T,Romberger DJ,Thompson AB,Robbins RA,Heires A,Rennard SI

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:HIV-1-induced interstitial pneumonitis (IP) is a serious complication of HIV-1 infection, characterized by inflammation and cellular infiltration in lungs, often leading to respiratory failure and death. The barrier function of the pulmonary endothelium is caused in part by tight junction (TJ) proteins, such ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Li H,Singh S,Potula R,Persidsky Y,Kanmogne GD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the studies linking chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with oxidative stress are in vitro, using invasive techniques, or measuring systemic oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to quantify oxidative stress in the lungs in patients with COPD and in healthy smokers, as reflected by 8-isoprostane...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Montuschi P,Collins JV,Ciabattoni G,Lazzeri N,Corradi M,Kharitonov SA,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as important regulators of diverse biological functions. Their role in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains to be explored.Objectives: To elucidate the role of TYKRIL (tyrosine kinase receptor-inducing lncRNA) as a regulator of p53/ PDGFRβ (platelet-derive...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zehendner CM,Valasarajan C,Werner A,Boeckel JN,Bischoff FC,John D,Weirick T,Glaser SF,Rossbach O,Jaé N,Demolli S,Khassafi F,Yuan K,de Jesus Perez VA,Michalik KM,Chen W,Seeger W,Guenther A,Wasnick RM,Uchida S,Zeihe

更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In anaphylactic shock (AS), the relative effects of the autacoids including histamine, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes on causing cardiovascular collapse and the extent to which receptor blocking agents and pathway inhibitors may prevent this collapse are not clear. In a ragweed model of anaphylaxis, we examined whet...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chrusch C,Sharma S,Unruh H,Bautista E,Duke K,Becker A,Kepron W,Mink SN

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During dynamic hyperinflation, the ventilatory pump is facing increased demand because it must overcome the intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) and decreased capacity since it must operate at a dynamically increased end-expiratory lung volume (EELV). The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative pr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Yan S,Kayser B

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important features of both stable and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are skeletal muscle weakness and wasting. Limb muscle dysfunction during an exacerbation has been linked to various adverse outcomes, including prolonged hospitalization, readmission, and mortality. The contributin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Abdulai RM,Jensen TJ,Patel NR,Polkey MI,Jansson P,Celli BR,Rennard SI

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal immune system discriminates between potentially harmful and harmless foreign proteins. The basis for this differential response may be related to the conditions of antigen presentation by antigen-presenting cells, as determined by their phenotype or activation state. How these conditions affect specific...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Smith KM,Eaton AD,Finlayson LM,Garside P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Severe asthma is a major public health issue throughout the world. Increased bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) mass, a characteristic feature of airway remodeling in severe asthma, is associated with resistance to high-intensity treatment and poor prognosis. In vitro, the Ca(2+)-channel blocker gallopamil decreas...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Girodet PO,Dournes G,Thumerel M,Begueret H,Dos Santos P,Ozier A,Dupin I,Trian T,Montaudon M,Laurent F,Marthan R,Berger P

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The interleukin-1 cluster on human chromosome 2q12-2q14 harbors various promising candidate genes for asthma and other inflammatory diseases. We conducted a systematic association study with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in candidate genes situated in this cluster. Single-marker, two-locus and three-l...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gohlke H,Illig T,Bahnweg M,Klopp N,André E,Altmüller J,Herbon N,Werner M,Knapp M,Pescollderungg L,Boner A,Malerba G,Pignatti PF,Wjst M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal and lung parenchymal SP-LI (substance P-like immunoreactivity) and VIP-LI (vasoactive intestinal peptide-like immunoreactivity) content was measured in HPLC-purified tissue extracts from patients with and without asthma. We detected significantly less SP-LI in tracheal tissue from asthmatic than from nonasthm...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lilly CM,Bai TR,Shore SA,Hall AE,Drazen JM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Acute respiratory distress syndrome is refractory to pharmacological intervention. Inappropriate activation of alveolar neutrophils is believed to underpin this disease's complex pathophysiology, yet these cells have been little studied. OBJECTIVES:To examine the functional and transcriptional profiles of pa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Juss JK,House D,Amour A,Begg M,Herre J,Storisteanu DM,Hoenderdos K,Bradley G,Lennon M,Summers C,Hessel EM,Condliffe A,Chilvers ER

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the usefulness of positron emission tomography with fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (PET-FDG) in assessing mediastinal disease in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to compare its yield to that of computed tomography (CT), we performed a prospective consecutive sample investigation in a university...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chin R Jr,Ward R,Keyes JW,Choplin RH,Reed JC,Wallenhaupt S,Hudspeth AS,Haponik EF

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Interstitial macrophages (IMs) and airspace macrophages (AMs) play critical roles in lung homeostasis and host defense, and are central to the pathogenesis of a number of lung diseases. However, the absolute numbers of macrophages and the precise anatomic locations they occupy in the healthy human lung have...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hume PS,Gibbings SL,Jakubzick CV,Tuder RM,Curran-Everett D,Henson PM,Smith BJ,Janssen WJ

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with alcohol abuse and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, two immunocompromising conditions that frequently coexist. This study examined the separate and combined effects of in vivo lentiviral infection and in vitro alcohol ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Stoltz DA,Nelson S,Kolls JK,Zhang P,Bohm RP Jr,Murphey-Corb M,Bagby GJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with impaired pulmonary function are at increased risk for the development of postoperative complications. Recently exercise testing and predicted postoperative (ppo) function have gained increasing importance in the evaluation of lung resection candidates. We prospectively evaluated an algorithm for the preo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wyser C,Stulz P,Solèr M,Tamm M,Müller-Brand J,Habicht J,Perruchoud AP,Bolliger CT

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:An increasing number of persons, exposed to high altitude for leisure, sport, or work, may suffer from severe high-altitude illness. OBJECTIVES:To assess, in a large cohort of subjects, the association between physiological parameters and the risk of altitude illness and their discrimination ability in a ris...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Richalet JP,Larmignat P,Poitrine E,Letournel M,Canouï-Poitrine F

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A higher exposure to endotoxin was hypothesized to contribute to lower prevalence of allergic sensitization and hay fever in children growing up on a farm. We studied the association between house dust endotoxin and allergic sensitization. We randomly selected 740 children, aged between 5 and 10 years, from a group of...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gehring U,Bischof W,Fahlbusch B,Wichmann HE,Heinrich J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) is generated by a disproportionate increase in expiratory flow resistance. Using the negative expiratory pressure (NEP) technique, we assessed whether expiratory flow limitation (E...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Koutsoukou A,Armaganidis A,Stavrakaki-Kallergi C,Vassilakopoulos T,Lymberis A,Roussos C,Milic-Emili J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension in which the vascular changes originate in the small pulmonary veins and venules. The pathogenesis is unknown and any link with primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) has been speculative. Mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein recepto...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Runo JR,Vnencak-Jones CL,Prince M,Loyd JE,Wheeler L,Robbins IM,Lane KB,Newman JH,Johnson J,Nichols WC,Phillips JA 3rd

更新日期：2003-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a gram-negative bacterium that has been cultured with increasing prevalence from the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We conducted a cohort study, using the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Registry, to assess the effect of S. maltophilia on survival. We studied all patients in t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Goss CH,Otto K,Aitken ML,Rubenfeld GD

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Brief recurrent apneas in preterm infants and adults can precipitate rapid and severe arterial O(2) desaturation for reasons that remain unclear. OBJECTIVES:We tested a mathematically derived hypothesis that when breathing terminates apnea, mixed-venous hypoxemia continues into the subsequent apnea; as a res...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sands SA,Edwards BA,Kelly VJ,Skuza EM,Davidson MR,Wilkinson MH,Berger PJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that primarily affects the lungs. The etiology remains unclear; however, environmental, genetic, ethnic, and familial factors probably modify expression of the disease. As an example, African Americans are at greater risk of mortality and morbidity th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Martin WJ 2nd,Iannuzzi MC,Gail DB,Peavy HH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Chronic bronchitis (CB) is characterized by persistent cough and sputum production. Studies were performed to test whether mucus hyperconcentration and increased partial osmotic pressure, in part caused by abnormal purine nucleotide regulation of ion transport, contribute to the pathogenesis of CB. OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Anderson WH,Coakley RD,Button B,Henderson AG,Zeman KL,Alexis NE,Peden DB,Lazarowski ER,Davis CW,Bailey S,Fuller F,Almond M,Qaqish B,Bordonali E,Rubinstein M,Bennett WD,Kesimer M,Boucher RC

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Defective efferocytosis (phagocytic clearance of apoptotic cells) in the airway may perpetuate inflammation via secondary necrosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We have previously reported that low-dose azithromycin improved alveolar macrophage (AM) phagocytic function in vitro. OBJECTIVES...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hodge S,Hodge G,Jersmann H,Matthews G,Ahern J,Holmes M,Reynolds PN

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-acting beta 2-agonist salmeterol has been suggested to have other pharmacologic activities, that is, antiinflammatory capacities, in addition to its bronchodilator properties. We investigated the protective effect of 50 micrograms salmeterol in a placebo-controlled study on house dust mite-induced early- and ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Weersink EJ,Aalbers R,Koëter GH,Kauffman HF,De Monchy JG,Postma DS

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calculation of diurnal peak expiratory flow (PEF) variability using values before and after bronchodilator is no longer possible for many asthmatic patients because they now use beta-agonists "as needed" for symptoms rather than regularly. This study assesses the usefulness of a number of alternative PEF indices as ma...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Reddel HK,Salome CM,Peat JK,Woolcock AJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Inhibition of pharyngeal motoneurons accompanies REM sleep and is a cause of hypoventilation and obstructive sleep apnea in humans. One explanation posits that the neurotransmitters glycine and γ-aminobutyric acid are responsible for REM sleep motor inhibition. However, blockade of that mechanism at cranial m...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Grace KP,Hughes SW,Horner RL

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00