Mechanisms of the potentiation by adenosine of adenosine triphosphate-induced calcium release in tracheal smooth-muscle cells.

abstract：:We have investigated the relative efficacy of a range of natural and synthetic retinoids on the induction of alveolar regeneration in a dexamethasone-treated mouse model. The aim was to explore the roles of the different retinoic acid receptors using receptor-selective agonists and to determine whether other natural r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Maden M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) is a potentially important cytokine in allergic respiratory reactions since it is released by mast cells and eosinophils, and it can promote mediator and cytokine release, adhesion molecule expression, and granulocyte migration. Therefore, we induced an IgE-mediated response in ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Casale TB,Costa JJ,Galli SJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously observed that mice exposed to cigarette smoke and treated with exogenous alpha(1)-antitrypsin (A1AT) were protected against the development of emphysema and against smoke-induced increases in serum TNF-alpha. To investigate possible mechanisms behind this latter observation, we cultured alveolar mac...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Churg A,Wang X,Wang RD,Meixner SC,Pryzdial EL,Wright JL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced airway smooth muscle (ASM) contractility contributes to increased resistance to airflow in diseases such as bronchitis and asthma that occur in passive smokers exposed to secondhand smoke. Little information exists on the cellular mechanisms underlying such airway hyperreactivity. Sputum samples of patients w...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sathish V,Vanoosten SK,Miller BS,Aravamudan B,Thompson MA,Pabelick CM,Vassallo R,Prakash YS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with acute lung injury or respiratory distress syndrome often require supplemental oxygen to maintain tissue oxygenation; however, this treatment can cause or worsen lung inflammation. CD44 is a transmembrane adhesion molecule that is present on a wide variety of cell types, including leukocytes and parenchym...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： van der Windt GJ,Schouten M,Zeerleder S,Florquin S,van der Poll T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a proinflammatory cytokine that signals through the Type I IL-1 receptor (IL-1RI). Novel IL-1-like cytokines were recently identified. Their functions in lung disease remain unclear. Interleukin-1 family member-9 (IL-1F9) is one such IL-1-like cytokine, expressed in the lungs of humans and mice...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ramadas RA,Ewart SL,Medoff BD,LeVine AM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a potent contractile agonist in guinea pig peripheral lung strips. Whether PAF acts via specific receptor sites in the lung has not been fully established. To determine if specific receptor sites could be demonstrated in guinea pig peripheral lung tissue, we performed direct radioli...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gomez J,Bloom JW,Yamamura HI,Halonen M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oleic acid (OA) model of acute lung injury in rats is characterized by a massive and rapid influx of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) within 1 h, with a peak inflammatory response at 4 h and resolution by 72 h. We hypothesized that PMN apoptosis is involved in the resolution of OA-induced acute lung injury. To ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hussain N,Wu F,Zhu L,Thrall RS,Kresch MJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the contribution of the leukocyte function-associated antigen (LFA-1) in a murine model of lung inflammation determined by exposure to the thermophilic actinomycete Faeni rectivirgula. The exposure generated a large influx of cells in the bronchoalveolar space and in the lung parenchyma, as seen from enhan...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Denis M,Bisson D

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system plays a critical role in immune responses against pathogens. However, its identity and regulation in the lung are not fully understood. This study aimed to explore the role of tripartite motif protein (TRIM) 72 in regulating complement receptor (CR) of the Ig superfamily (CRIg) in alveolar macrop...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Nagre N,Cong X,Terrazas C,Pepper I,Schreiber JM,Fu H,Sill JM,Christman JW,Satoskar AR,Zhao X

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated serine/threonine kinase R (PKR) is well characterized as an essential component of the innate antiviral response. Recently, PKR has been implicated in Toll-like receptor (TLR) signal transduction in response to bacterial cell wall components. Its contribution to pulmonary immu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cabanski M,Steinmüller M,Marsh LM,Surdziel E,Seeger W,Lohmeyer J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a lethal parenchymal lung disease characterized by denudation of the lung epithelium, fibroblast proliferation, and collagen deposition. Cellular changes underlying disease progression involve injury to alveolar epithelial cells, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, proliferation of a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Shukla MN,Rose JL,Ray R,Lathrop KL,Ray A,Ray P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined the effect of oral antigen (Ag) administration on the development of experimental asthma in different mouse strains. We selected BALB/c, BP2, CBA/Ca interleukin (IL)-5 transgenic, and BALB/c T-cell receptor-delta-deficient mouse strains because they exhibit different aspects of the asthma syn...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Russo M,Nahori MA,Lefort J,Gomes E,de Castro Keller A,Rodriguez D,Ribeiro OG,Adriouch S,Gallois V,de Faria AM,Vargaftig BB

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos causes asbestosis and malignancies by mechanisms that are not fully established. Alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) injury and repair are crucial determinants of the fibrogenic potential of noxious agents such as asbestos. We previously showed that mitochondrial reactive oxygen species mediate asbestos-induced AE...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cheresh P,Morales-Nebreda L,Kim SJ,Yeldandi A,Williams DB,Cheng Y,Mutlu GM,Budinger GR,Ridge K,Schumacker PT,Bohr VA,Kamp DW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory lung diseases are associated with increased production of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) from infiltrating granulocytes or from the respiratory epithelium, and inappropriate expression and activation of MMP-9 may be associated with tissue injury and airway remodeling. Inflammatory conditions also resu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Okamoto T,Valacchi G,Gohil K,Akaike T,van der Vliet A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by a dramatic neutrophil recruitment and repeated Pseudomonas infections in the lungs. To evaluate cytokine releasibility by airway epithelial cells in the context of CF, we studied primary nasal epithelial cells isolated from the upper airways and continuous epithelial cell lines...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bédard M,McClure CD,Schiller NL,Francoeur C,Cantin A,Denis M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The airway epithelium plays a critical role in innate responses to airborne allergens by secreting IL-1 family cytokines such as IL-1α and IL-33 as alarmins that subsequently orchestrate appropriate immune responses. Previous studies revealed that epithelial IL-33 secretion by allergens such as Alternaria alternata or...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Schiffers C,Hristova M,Habibovic A,Dustin CM,Danyal K,Reynaert NL,Wouters EFM,van der Vliet A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) phosphorylate and regulate cytoskeletal components of contractile cells and have been implicated in integrin-mediated adhesion. In this study, we examined the contributions of adherence, cell flattening, and cytoskeletal reorganization to adhesion-induced ERK activation in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Heuertz RM,Hamann KJ,Hershenson MB,Leff AR

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that interleukin (IL)-23, an IL-12-family cytokine, can be released by certain antigen-presenting cells in response to bacterial pathogens. Recent in vitro studies indicate that this cytokine stimulates a unique subset of CD4 cells, the T helper cell (Th)17 subset, to produce and release the proinflammator...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ivanov S,Bozinovski S,Bossios A,Valadi H,Vlahos R,Malmhäll C,Sjöstrand M,Kolls JK,Anderson GP,Lindén A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-13 (IL-13) is one of the central mediators for development of airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma. However, its effect on bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) is not well known. Recent studies revealed an involvement of RhoA/Rho-kinase in BSM contraction, and this pathway has now been proposed as a new target fo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Chiba Y,Nakazawa S,Todoroki M,Shinozaki K,Sakai H,Misawa M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human tracheal gland serous (HTGS) cells are now considered one principal pulmonary target for the gene therapy of cystic fibrosis (CF). We developed a CF tracheal gland serous cell line, CF-KM4, obtained by the transformation of primary cultures of CF tracheal gland serous cells homozygous for the DeltaF508 mutation ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kammouni W,Moreau B,Becq F,Saleh A,Pavirani A,Figarella C,Merten MD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are key orchestrators of the inflammatory and repair responses in the lung, and the diversity of their function is indicated by their polarized states and distinct subpopulations and localization in the lung. Here, we characterized the pulmonary macrophage populations in the interstitial and alveolar compa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Johnston LK,Rims CR,Gill SE,McGuire JK,Manicone AM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung endothelial cell apoptosis and injury occur throughout all stages of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome and impact disease progression. Caspases 1, 4, and 5 are essential for completion of the apoptotic program known as pyroptosis that also involves proinflammatory cytokines. Because gasdermin ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mitra S,Exline M,Habyarimana F,Gavrilin MA,Baker PJ,Masters SL,Wewers MD,Sarkar A

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) migration across basement membrane is thought to be dependent on the degradation of membrane constituents. PMN gelatinase B, a metalloproteinase able to degrade type IV collagen, may be involved in this phenomenon. PMN gelatinase B is released in the extracellular medium as a latent ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Delclaux C,Delacourt C,D'Ortho MP,Boyer V,Lafuma C,Harf A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophils are an important source of leukotriene (LT)C(4), which can be synthesized within lipid bodies-cytoplasmic organelles where eicosanoid formation may take place. Allergy-driven lipid body formation and function have never been investigated. Here, we studied the in vivo induction and role of lipid bodies with...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Vieira-de-Abreu A,Assis EF,Gomes GS,Castro-Faria-Neto HC,Weller PF,Bandeira-Melo C,Bozza PT

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a cytokine implicated in wound healing and in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. TGF-beta stimulates myofibroblast differentiation characterized by expression of contractile smooth muscle (SM)-specific proteins such as SM-alpha-actin. In the present study, we examined...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sandbo N,Kregel S,Taurin S,Bhorade S,Dulin NO

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, investigators demonstrated associations between fine particulate matter (PM)-associated metals and adverse health effects. Residual oil fly ash (ROFA), a waste product of fossil fuel combustion from boilers, is rich in the transition metals Fe, Ni, and V, and when released as a fugitive particle, is an impor...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Farraj AK,Hazari MS,Haykal-Coates N,Lamb C,Winsett DW,Ge Y,Ledbetter AD,Carll AP,Bruno M,Ghio A,Costa DL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloride (Cl(-)) movement across fetal lung epithelia is thought to be mediated by the sodium-potassium-2-Cl(-) cotransporter NKCC1. We studied the role of NKCC1 in Cl(-) and liquid secretion in late-gestation NKCC-null (-/-) and littermate control fetal mouse lung. NKCC -/- mice had decreased lung water compared with...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gillie DJ,Pace AJ,Coakley RJ,Koller BH,Barker PM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is synthesized intracellularly by the enzymes cystathionine-γ-lyase and cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS), and is proposed to be a gasotransmitter with effects in modulating inflammation and cellular proliferation. We determined a role of H(2)S in airway smooth muscle (ASM) function. ASM were rem...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Perry MM,Hui CK,Whiteman M,Wood ME,Adcock I,Kirkham P,Michaeloudes C,Chung KF

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphologic changes are reported to occur in rat lung vasculature after 3 days of hypoxia. We have previously shown that immunoreactivity for the vasodilator calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is increased in pulmonary endocrine cells by 7 days of hypoxia. Because these cells may be among the earliest mediators of...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Roncalli M,Springall DR,Maggioni M,Moradoghli-Haftvani A,Winter RJ,Zhao L,Coggi G,Polak JM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00