The effect of delipidated deglycolipidated (DDMV) and heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae in asthma.

abstract：:Lung cancer is a significant disease with survival rates remaining poor despite numerous therapeutic advances during the last 30 years. Understanding lung cancer pathogenesis through murine modeling may improve future human therapies, and new data indicate that mutations within different endogenous stem cells situated...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Giangreco A,Groot KR,Janes SM

更新日期：2007-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Small studies have suggested that inhaled corticosteroids can suppress systemic inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of inhaled corticosteroids with or without long-acting beta(2)-adrenergic agonist on systemic biomarkers of inflammation. METHODS:W...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sin DD,Man SF,Marciniuk DD,Ford G,FitzGerald M,Wong E,York E,Mainra RR,Ramesh W,Melenka LS,Wilde E,Cowie RL,Williams D,Gan WQ,Rousseau R,ABC (Advair, Biomarkers in COPD) Investigators.

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of suplatast tosilate, which has been proven to inhibit T-cell synthesis of IL-4 and IL-5, on the response to antigen inhalation challenge was investigated in sensitized guinea pigs. The animals were given an oral dose of 30 or 100 mg/kg of suplatast or vehicle (distilled water) daily for 1 wk before antige...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Iijima H,Tamura G,Hsiue TR,Liu Y,Taniguchi H,Shirato K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We described here an original device for laser Doppler (LD) flowmetry measurements of gastric mucosal perfusion, which was used here in healthy volunteers. A modified nasogastric tube containing the LD probe was inserted. Aspiration via a catheter, fixed in parallel to the probe, held the probe against the gastric wal...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Duranteau J,Sitbon P,Vicaut E,Descorps-Declère A,Vigue B,Samii K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with several pathophysiological deficits found in diabetic retinopathy (DR). Hence, it's plausible that OSA could play a role in the pathogenesis of sight-threatening DR (STDR). OBJECTIVES:To assess the relationship between OSA and DR in patients with type 2 diabet...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Altaf QA,Dodson P,Ali A,Raymond NT,Wharton H,Fellows H,Hampshire-Bancroft R,Shah M,Shepherd E,Miah J,Barnett AH,Tahrani AA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reasoned that a prospective assessment of glucocorticoid withdrawal in subjects with asthma would provide insight into the basis for flares of the disease. We therefore enrolled 25 subjects with moderate persistent asthma and treated them for 30 days with inhaled fluticasone propionate (1,760 microg/day) followed b...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Castro M,Bloch SR,Jenkerson MV,DeMartino S,Hamilos DL,Cochran RB,Zhang XE,Wang H,Bradley JP,Schechtman KB,Holtzman MJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GC) are the most effective anti-inflammatory drugs used in asthma. By a process called trans-activation, they increase the transcription of genes involved in either beneficial processes or certain side effects. Through trans-repression, they inhibit the transcription factors nuclear factor kappa B (NF...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Jaffuel D,Demoly P,Gougat C,Balaguer P,Mautino G,Godard P,Bousquet J,Mathieu M

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is a growth factor that is implicated in fibrosis of many organs. The purpose of this study was to determine the sequential levels of TGF-beta1 in the pleural fluid of rabbits that had undergone empyema induction, as fibrosis of the pleural space develops. Thirty-seven rabb...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sasse SA,Jadus MR,Kukes GD

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although considerable evidence indicates a role for CD4(+) T lymphocytes (T cells) in airway inflammation, little data exist regarding the mechanisms underlying the induction and regulation of CD4(+) T cell reactivity to lung-specific antigens. To dissect the immunologic and molecular mechanisms of CD4(+) T cell dysre...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bruder D,Westendorf AM,Geffers R,Gruber AD,Gereke M,Enelow RI,Buer J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased pharyngeal collapsibility and abnormal anatomic structures have been postulated to contribute to the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome. It is unclear whether the abnormal craniofacial and soft tissue features may affect the pharyngeal collapsibility and contribute to the apnea density...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sforza E,Bacon W,Weiss T,Thibault A,Petiau C,Krieger J

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have undertaken this retrospective study to determine factors associated with in-hospital mortality and morbidity in 80 adult patients with severe Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis. Clinical characteristics at admission of patients infected with susceptible (n = 54) and nonsusceptible (n = 17) strains to penicill...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Auburtin M,Porcher R,Bruneel F,Scanvic A,Trouillet JL,Bédos JP,Régnier B,Wolff M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown (Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1995;152:1248-1255) that in patients needing mechanical ventilation, the load imposed on the inspiratory muscles is excessive relative to their neuromuscular capacity. We have therefore hypothesized that weaning failure may occur because at the time of the trial...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vassilakopoulos T,Zakynthinos S,Roussos C

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In pleural infection, medical treatment failure (chest-tube drainage and antibiotics) requires surgery and increases mortality. It would be helpful to predict which patients will fail this approach. We examined clinical predictors in 85 consecutive patients with pleural infection receiving chest drainage and intrapleu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Davies CW,Kearney SE,Gleeson FV,Davies RJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mechanically ventilated neonates, the instrumental dead space is a major determinant of total minute ventilation. By flushing this dead space, continuous tracheal gas insufflation (CTGI) may allow reduction of the risk of overinflation. We conducted a randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of CTGI in reducing ai...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dassieu G,Brochard L,Benani M,Avenel S,Danan C

更新日期：2000-09-01 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:Diesel motor exhaust is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as probably carcinogenic to humans. The epidemiologic evidence is evaluated as limited because most studies lack adequate control for potential confounders and only a few studies have reported on exposure-response relationsh...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Olsson AC,Gustavsson P,Kromhout H,Peters S,Vermeulen R,Brüske I,Pesch B,Siemiatycki J,Pintos J,Brüning T,Cassidy A,Wichmann HE,Consonni D,Landi MT,Caporaso N,Plato N,Merletti F,Mirabelli D,Richiardi L,Jöckel KH,Ah

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Plasma transfusions are frequently prescribed for critically ill children, although their indications lack a strong evidence base. Plasma transfusions are largely driven by physician conceptions of need, and these are poorly documented in pediatric intensive care patients. OBJECTIVES:To identify patient char...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Karam O,Demaret P,Shefler A,Leteurtre S,Spinella PC,Stanworth SJ,Tucci M,Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG).,Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI).,BloodNet.,PlasmaTV Investigators.

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined endotoxin exposure and wheezing episodes during the first year of life in a birth cohort of 499 infants with one or both parents having a history of asthma or allergy. We measured endotoxin in settled dust from the baby's bed, bedroom floor, family room, and kitchen floor within the first 3 mo after birth....

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Park JH,Gold DR,Spiegelman DL,Burge HA,Milton DK

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Studies in patients and experimental animals provide compelling evidence of the involvement of the major thrombin receptor, proteinase-activated receptor-1 (PAR(1)), and the potent chemokine, chemokine (CC motif) ligand-2 (CCL2)/monocyte chemotactic protein-1, in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mercer PF,Johns RH,Scotton CJ,Krupiczojc MA,Königshoff M,Howell DC,McAnulty RJ,Das A,Thorley AJ,Tetley TD,Eickelberg O,Chambers RC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently recommended prehospital treatment for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is administration of 100% O(2). We have shown in dogs that normocapnic hyperpnea with O(2) further accelerates CO elimination. The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between minute ventilation (V E) and the rate of elimin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Takeuchi A,Vesely A,Rucker J,Sommer LZ,Tesler J,Lavine E,Slutsky AS,Maleck WH,Volgyesi G,Fedorko L,Iscoe S,Fisher JA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive research into the etiology and treatment of severe sepsis, little is known about its epidemiology in children. We sought to determine the age- and sex-adjusted incidence, outcome, and associated hospital costs of severe sepsis in United States children using 1995 hospital discharge and population dat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Watson RS,Carcillo JA,Linde-Zwirble WT,Clermont G,Lidicker J,Angus DC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Incident pulmonary arterial hypertension was underrepresented in most pulmonary hypertension registries and may have a different disease profile to prevalent disease. OBJECTIVES:To determine the characteristics and outcome of a purely incident, treatment-naive cohort of idiopathic, heritable, and anorexigen-...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ling Y,Johnson MK,Kiely DG,Condliffe R,Elliot CA,Gibbs JS,Howard LS,Pepke-Zaba J,Sheares KK,Corris PA,Fisher AJ,Lordan JL,Gaine S,Coghlan JG,Wort SJ,Gatzoulis MA,Peacock AJ

更新日期：2012-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In asthma, the acute increment of airway responsiveness caused by exposure to allergen is associated with influx of eosinophils into the airways. The relationship between chronic airway hyperresponsiveness and airway inflammation is unclear, as they do not change consistently following long-term anti-inflammatory trea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Crimi E,Spanevello A,Neri M,Ind PW,Rossi GA,Brusasco V

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Traditionally, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) has been composed of M. avium and M. intracellulare; however, advances in genetic sequencing have allowed discovery of several novel species. With these discoveries, investigation of differences in risk factors, virulence, and clinical outcomes have emerged. O...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Boyle DP,Zembower TR,Reddy S,Qi C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown an increased number of inflammatory cells and, in particular, CD8+ve cells in the airways of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this study we investigated whether a similar inflammatory process is also present in the lungs, and particularly in lung parenchyma and ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Saetta M,Baraldo S,Corbino L,Turato G,Braccioni F,Rea F,Cavallesco G,Tropeano G,Mapp CE,Maestrelli P,Ciaccia A,Fabbri LM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Serum chitinases may be novel biomarkers of airway inflammation and remodeling, but less is known about factors regulating their levels. OBJECTIVES:To examine serum chitotriosidase activity and YKL-40 levels in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and evaluate clinically rele...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： James AJ,Reinius LE,Verhoek M,Gomes A,Kupczyk M,Hammar U,Ono J,Ohta S,Izuhara K,Bel E,Kere J,Söderhäll C,Dahlén B,Boot RG,Dahlén SE,BIOAIR (Longitudinal Assessment of Clinical Course and Biomarkers in Severe Chronic Airway

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two distinct types of tumor necrosis factor receptors (TNF-R) have been identified (TNF-R55 and TNF-R75). Both TNF-R also exist in soluble forms (TNF-sR), resulting from the release of the extracellular domains (TNF-sR55 and TNF-sR75). TNF-sR may play an important role in vivo as they can bind to TNF alpha and prevent...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Humbert M,Roux-Lombard P,Cerrina J,Magnan A,Simonneau G,Dartevelle P,Galanaud P,Dayer JM,Emilie D

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In complex diseases of genetic etiology such as asthma and atopy, it is difficult to differentiate causes of disease from consequences, and quantitate the importance of such causative factors. We examined possible risk factors for the development of wheezing and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in a cotwin-control study ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Duffy DL,Mitchell CA,Martin NG

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously found that weight lifters could generate greater inspiratory pressures and had more diaphragm mass than control subjects. We postulated that the weight-lifting activity itself provided a strength-training stimulus to the diaphragm. To evaluate the extent to which the diaphragm is recruited during strenuo...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Al-Bilbeisi F,McCOOL FD

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of portable chest radiographs (CXRs) may be affected by changes in ventilation, particularly when patients are mechanically ventilated. Synchronization of the CXR with the ventilatory cycle should limit the influence of respiratory variation on the appearance of the CXR. This study evaluates the effect ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Langevin PB,Hellein V,Harms SM,Tharp WK,Cheung-Seekit C,Lampotang S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00