A mechanism of antigen-induced mucus production in nasal epithelium of sensitized rats. A comparison with lipopolysaccharide-induced mucus production.

abstract：RATIONALE:Recent studies have suggested that both embryonic stem cells and adult bone marrow stem cells can participate in the regeneration and repair of diseased adult organs, including the lungs. However, the extent of airway epithelial remodeling with adult marrow stem cells is low, and there are no available in viv...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sueblinvong V,Loi R,Eisenhauer PL,Bernstein IM,Suratt BT,Spees JL,Weiss DJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) provides a model system in which to evaluate the antigen-stimulated, cell-mediated, immune response that leads to granulomatous lung disease. We hypothesized that beryllium salts would stimulate bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and lnt...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tinkle SS,Newman LS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In the absence of active tuberculosis, a positive tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) result defines latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, although test results may vary depending on immunodeficiency. OBJECTIVES:This study compared the performance of TST and IGRAs in f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sester M,van Leth F,Bruchfeld J,Bumbacea D,Cirillo DM,Dilektasli AG,Domínguez J,Duarte R,Ernst M,Eyuboglu FO,Gerogianni I,Girardi E,Goletti D,Janssens JP,Julander I,Lange B,Latorre I,Losi M,Markova R,Matteelli A,M

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems have considerable potential for treatment of tuberculosis (TB). The important technological advantages of nanoparticles used as drug carriers are high stability, high carrier capacity, feasibility of incorporation of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances, and feasibility ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gelperina S,Kisich K,Iseman MD,Heifets L

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated ultrasonic examination as a diagnostic tool for catheter misplacement and pneumothorax after central venous catheter insertion. Physicians in the intensive care unit (ICU) performed the ultrasonic examinations, and the results were compared with those of chest radiography. Eighty-five central venous cathe...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Maury E,Guglielminotti J,Alzieu M,Guidet B,Offenstadt G

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In the normal lung, breathing and deep inspirations potently antagonize bronchoconstriction, but in the asthmatic lung this salutary effect is substantially attenuated or even reversed. To explain these findings, the prevailing hypothesis focuses on contracting airway smooth muscle and posits a nonlinear dyna...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lavoie TL,Krishnan R,Siegel HR,Maston ED,Fredberg JJ,Solway J,Dowell ML

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine whether closing pressures or vascular distensibility can be used to describe liver venous hemodynamics when right atrial pressure is raised. The study was performed using a vascularly isolated pig liver preparation that allowed the independent control of portal vein and hepatic ar...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Brienza N,Ayuse T,O'Donnell CP,Permutt S,Robotham JL

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, fatal interstitial lung disease (ILD) characterized by abnormal extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. We hypothesized that ECM remodeling might result in a plasma profile of proteins specific for IPF that could distinguish patients with IPF from other idi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： White ES,Xia M,Murray S,Dyal R,Flaherty CM,Flaherty KR,Moore BB,Cheng L,Doyle TJ,Villalba J,Dellaripa PF,Rosas IO,Kurtis JD,Martinez FJ

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been associated with numerous genetic variants, yet the extent to which its genetic risk is mediated by variation in lung structure remains unknown.Objectives: To characterize associations between a genetic risk score (GRS) associated with COPD susceptibility...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Oelsner EC,Ortega VE,Smith BM,Nguyen JN,Manichaikul AW,Hoffman EA,Guo X,Taylor KD,Woodruff PG,Couper DJ,Hansel NN,Martinez FJ,Paine R 3rd,Han MK,Cooper C,Dransfield MT,Criner G,Krishnan JA,Bowler R,Bleecker ER,Pet

更新日期：2019-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral mandibular advancement devices are becoming an increasingly important treatment alternative for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The first aim of the study was to determine whether a new oral elastic mandibular advancement device (EMA) prevents pharyngeal airway closure during sleep in patients with OSA. The second...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Henke KG,Frantz DE,Kuna ST

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Consensus Classification panel identified the clinical entity idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) as a provisional diagnosis and recommended further study. OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that idiopathic NSIP is an autoimmun...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kinder BW,Collard HR,Koth L,Daikh DI,Wolters PJ,Elicker B,Jones KD,King TE Jr

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Around 50% of patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) are not obese: body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/m2. We hypothesized that local fat deposition around the upper airway may be different in nonobese patients with SAHS from that in normal subjects with the same body mass. We therefore examined the relatio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mortimore IL,Marshall I,Wraith PK,Sellar RJ,Douglas NJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a common chronic disease without cure. Our understanding of asthma onset, pathobiology, classification, and management has evolved substantially over the past decade; however, significant asthma-related morbidity and excess healthcare use and costs persist. To address this important clinical condition, the N...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Levy BD,Noel PJ,Freemer MM,Cloutier MM,Georas SN,Jarjour NN,Ober C,Woodruff PG,Barnes KC,Bender BG,Camargo CA Jr,Chupp GL,Denlinger LC,Fahy JV,Fitzpatrick AM,Fuhlbrigge A,Gaston BM,Hartert TV,Kolls JK,Lynch SV,Moo

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical for critical illnesses are substantial alterations within the hypothalamic-anterior pituitary-peripheral hormonal axes that are proportionate to the risk of poor outcome. These neuroendocrine responses to critical illness follow a biphasic pattern. The acute phase (first hours to days) is characterized by an i...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Van den Berghe G

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeroallergens such as Amb a I from short ragweed are important in the development of allergic airway disease. We tested the ability of a human monoclonal immunoglobulin-A (IgA) antibody specific for Amb a I (A-IgA) to modulate airway responsiveness and lung eosinophilia after airway challenge with nebulized Amb a I or...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Schwarze J,Cieslewicz G,Joetham A,Sun LK,Sun WN,Chang TW,Hamelmann E,Gelfand EW

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：RATIONALE:Exploring prenatal factors influencing childhood wheeze may inform programming mechanisms. OBJECTIVES:We examined associations among prenatal maternal cortisol profiles, maternal obesity, and repeated wheeze up to age 2 years (n = 261). METHODS:Salivary cortisol was collected five times per day over 3 days ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wright RJ,Fisher K,Chiu YH,Wright RO,Fein R,Cohen S,Coull BA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present prospective study was designed to determine the prevalence of pleural effusion at approximately 28 days after cardiac surgery and their subsequent course. This consecutive case study included 389 patients; 312 had only coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) surgery, 37 had both valve and CABG surgery,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Light RW,Rogers JT,Moyers JP,Lee YC,Rodriguez RM,Alford WC Jr,Ball SK,Burrus GR,Coltharp WH,Glassford DM Jr,Hoff SJ,Lea JW 4th,Nesbitt JC,Petracek MR,Starkey TD,Stoney WS,Tedder M

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiopathology of chronic cough remains obscure. We evaluated the possibility that chronic cough in nonasthmatic subjects is associated with airway inflammation, and if this is so, what the relationship between this inflammation and the possible etiology of cough might be, as well as its response to inhaled stero...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Boulet LP,Milot J,Boutet M,St Georges F,Laviolette M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help assess short-term respiratory responses to summertime air pollution, we exposed 24 asthmatic volunteers aged 11-18 in a chamber to respirable acid aerosol (mass median aerodynamic diameter 0.66 micron) plus 0.3 ppm nitrogen dioxide (NO2) plus 0.2 ppm ozone (O3). The aerosol contained available hydrogen ions (H...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Linn WS,Anderson KR,Shamoo DA,Edwards SA,Webb TL,Hackney JD,Gong H Jr

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to elucidate the relationships between pleural (Ppl), esophageal (Pes), and superimposed gravitational pressures in acute lung injury, and to understand the mechanisms of recruitment and derecruitment. In six dogs with oleic acid respiratory failure, we measured Pes and Ppl in the uppermost, middle, and most ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pelosi P,Goldner M,McKibben A,Adams A,Eccher G,Caironi P,Losappio S,Gattinoni L,Marini JJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite several codes of research ethics, the issuance of comprehensive rules regarding informed consent by governmental agencies, and numerous writings on the subject of informed consent, many commentators still question the quality of the informed consent process in clinical research. A major concern is that investi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Silverman HJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:In a high-tuberculosis (TB) incidence area of Cape Town, South Africa, there is a very high rate of unexplained recurrent TB. The incidence of new bacteriologically confirmed disease in the area is 313 per 100,000 individuals. OBJECTIVE:To estimate the rate of recurrent TB attributable to reinfection after s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Verver S,Warren RM,Beyers N,Richardson M,van der Spuy GD,Borgdorff MW,Enarson DA,Behr MA,van Helden PD

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The inadequacy of effector T-cell response in containment of tubercle bacilli is believed to result in the development of disseminated forms of tuberculosis (TB), such as miliary tuberculosis (MTB). Regulatory T cells (Treg) plausibly play a critical role in the immunopathogenesis of disseminated TB by suppre...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sharma PK,Saha PK,Singh A,Sharma SK,Ghosh B,Mitra DK

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between asthma medication and the perception of asthma symptoms is of interest for daily practice. Poor perception of asthma symptoms might influence patients' health care behavior and subsequently might lead to undertreatment and deterioration of their disease. This study investigated the influence o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bijl-Hofland ID,Cloosterman SG,Folgering HT,van den Elshout FJ,van Weel C,van Schayck CP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:New vaccines are urgently needed to protect the vulnerable from bacterial pneumonia. Clinical trials of pneumonia vaccines are slow and costly, requiring tens of thousands of patients. Studies of pneumococcal vaccine efficacy against colonization have been proposed as a novel method to down-select between vac...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Collins AM,Wright AD,Mitsi E,Gritzfeld JF,Hancock CA,Pennington SH,Wang D,Morton B,Ferreira DM,Gordon SB

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to determine factors influencing effects of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) on the pulmonary circulation and on gas exchange in critically ill patients with acute lung injury. Twenty-one hypoxemic patients with acute respiratory failure (PaO2 = 127 +/- 69 mm Hg during intermittent posit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Puybasset L,Rouby JJ,Mourgeon E,Cluzel P,Souhil Z,Law-Koune JD,Stewart T,Devilliers C,Lu Q,Roche S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Limited information is available on racial/ethnic differences in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).Objectives: Determine effects of race/ethnicity and ancestry on mortality and disease outcomes in diverse patients with PAH.Methods: Patients with Group 1 PAH were included from two national registries wit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Karnes JH,Wiener HW,Schwantes-An TH,Natarajan B,Sweatt AJ,Chaturvedi A,Arora A,Batai K,Nair V,Steiner HE,Giles JB,Yu J,Hosseini M,Pauciulo MW,Lutz KA,Coleman AW,Feldman J,Vanderpool R,Tang H,Garcia JGN,Yuan JX,K

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact influence of sleep-related breathing disorder (SRBD) on blood pressure control remains unknown. We investigated the influence of different degrees of SRBD on daytime blood pressure and its association to documented hypertension by examining 1,190 consecutive patients referred for diagnosis of SRBD. The proto...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Grote L,Ploch T,Heitmann J,Knaack L,Penzel T,Peter JH

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:There are no accepted blood-based biomarkers in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Pulmonary and activation-regulated chemokine (PARC/CCL-18) is a lung-predominant inflammatory protein that is found in serum. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether PARC/CCL-18 levels are elevated and modifiable in COPD an...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sin DD,Miller BE,Duvoix A,Man SF,Zhang X,Silverman EK,Connett JE,Anthonisen NA,Wise RA,Tashkin D,Celli BR,Edwards LD,Locantore N,Macnee W,Tal-Singer R,Lomas DA,ECLIPSE Investigators.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00