Antioxidant protection of propofol and its recycling in erythrocyte membranes.

abstract：:The influx of neutrophils into the lung is a sentinel event in LPS-induced acute lung inflammation. Previous studies have shown that systemic inhibition of p38 decreases LPS-induced neutrophil influx into the alveolar space but has no effect on pulmonary parenchymal neutrophil accumulation or on microvascular leak, in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Arndt PG,Young SK,Lieber JG,Fessler MB,Nick JA,Worthen GS

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma in adults may be associated with chronic airflow obstruction, possibly resulting from airway disease in early life and/or a greater rate of decline in lung function in adult life compared with those with asthma. Treatment and cigarette smoking may also influence the rate of decline of lung function. The aim of ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： James AL,Palmer LJ,Kicic E,Maxwell PS,Lagan SE,Ryan GF,Musk AW

更新日期：2005-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Cytomegalovirus (CMV), which is one of the most common infections after lung transplantation, is associated with chronic lung allograft dysfunction and worse post-transplantation survival. Current approaches for at-risk patients include a fixed duration of antiviral prophylaxis despite the associated cost and...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Snyder LD,Chan C,Kwon D,Yi JS,Martissa JA,Copeland CA,Osborne RJ,Sparks SD,Palmer SM,Weinhold KJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 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

abstract：:Extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (EMMPRIN), also called basigin, is present in the lung during development, but its expression in normal adult lung is minimal. Increases of EMMPRIN have been found in various forms of experimental lung injury. To determine whether EMMPRIN might be involved in alveolar inj...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Betsuyaku T,Tanino M,Nagai K,Nasuhara Y,Nishimura M,Senior RM

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is difficult when acid fast bacilli (AFB) cannot be detected in sputum smears. OBJECTIVES:Following a proof of principle study, we examined in routine clinical practice whether individuals with sputum AFB smear-negative TB can be discriminated from those wit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Jafari C,Thijsen S,Sotgiu G,Goletti D,Domínguez Benítez JA,Losi M,Eberhardt R,Kirsten D,Kalsdorf B,Bossink A,Latorre I,Migliori GB,Strassburg A,Winteroll S,Greinert U,Richeldi L,Ernst M,Lange C,Tuberculosis Network Eu

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 3-aminobenzamide, an inhibitor of poly (ADP-ribose) synthetase activity, was evaluated in a rat model of laryngeal injury induced by endotracheal intubation for 1 h. At 1 h after extubation, the laryngeal damage was characterized by areas of mucosal necrosis, submucosal edema, swelling of subglottic glan...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Stern Y,Salzman A,Cotton RT,Zingarelli B

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening disease, characterized by vascular remodeling and vasoconstriction. Evidence suggests that oxidative stress may contribute to the pathogenesis and/or development of PH. OBJECTIVES:In the present study, we examined whether intratracheal gene transfer of human ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kamezaki F,Tasaki H,Yamashita K,Tsutsui M,Koide S,Nakata S,Tanimoto A,Okazaki M,Sasaguri Y,Adachi T,Otsuji Y

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although transbronchial lung biopsy (TBBx) is widely acknowledged as the "gold standard" for diagnosis of acute rejection, controversy exists regarding the need to perform follow-up procedures. Over a 5-yr period, we performed 1,142 TBBx of which 173 were follow-up TBBx in 99 patients with pulmonary allograft rejectio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Aboyoun CL,Tamm M,Chhajed PN,Hopkins P,Malouf MA,Rainer S,Glanville AR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the influence of preservation solution type and extra- or intracellular composition on the occurrence of early graft dysfunction after clinical lung transplantation. For 170 patients who underwent a single (n = 124) or bilateral (n = 46) lung transplantation in two centers in Paris ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Thabut G,Vinatier I,Brugière O,Lesèche G,Loirat P,Bisson A,Marty J,Fournier M,Mal H

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:An asthma predisposition locus on chromosome 17q12-q21 has recently been replicated in different ethnic groups. OBJECTIVES:To characterize the asthma and atopy phenotypes in early childhood that associate with the 17q12-21 locus. METHODS:The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs7216389, was genotyped in ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bisgaard H,Bønnelykke K,Sleiman PM,Brasholt M,Chawes B,Kreiner-Møller E,Stage M,Kim C,Tavendale R,Baty F,Pipper CB,Palmer CN,Hakonarsson H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to determine if the bronchoconstrictive effect of cigarette smoke (CS) is enhanced when airway hyperresponsiveness is induced by ovalbumin (Ova) sensitization, and if so, whether an increase in endogenously released tachykinins is involved. The bronchoconstrictive effects of an acute CS inha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wu ZX,Zhou D,Chen G,Lee LY

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protective role for dietary antioxidants in asthma has been proposed. However, epidemiological evidence to implicate antioxidant vitamins is weak, and data on the role of flavonoid-rich foods and antioxidant trace elements are lacking. We carried out a population-based case-control study in South London, UK, to inve...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shaheen SO,Sterne JA,Thompson RL,Songhurst CE,Margetts BM,Burney PG

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The effects of prenatal cigarette smoke (CS) exposure and hypoxemia on cardiorespiratory control have been investigated in full-term infants. However, few data are available in preterm infants, who form a particularly vulnerable population, with developmentally immature cardiorespiratory control. OBJECTIVES:...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Schneider J,Mitchell I,Singhal N,Kirk V,Hasan SU

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inheritance of asthma, evident from its high family concordance, is not well understood. To investigate whether asthma may be inherited through a major gene with two alleles, segregation analyses were conducted in 3,369 individuals from 906 nuclear families enrolled, without selection, in a longitudinal study of r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Holberg CJ,Elston RC,Halonen M,Wright AL,Taussig LM,Morgan WJ,Martinez FD

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-yr-old man with multiple pulmonary AV fistulae presented with moderate hypoxemia with chronic hyperventilation, which continued even after sufficient oxygenation by 100% O2 inhalation. The infusion of aminophylline, an adenosine receptor blocker, not only increased PaCO2 from 35 to 39 mm Hg but also depressed the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kobayashi S,Nishimura M,Nasuhara Y,Miyamoto K,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Numerous studies have been published on the new Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific IFN-gamma release assays. However, their prognostic value for progression from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active TB has yet to be established. OBJECTIVES:To compare the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay (QF...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Diel R,Loddenkemper R,Meywald-Walter K,Niemann S,Nienhaus A

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:When subclavian access is not possible, controversy exists between the internal jugular and femoral sites for the choice of central-venous access in intensive care unit patients. OBJECTIVES:To compare infection and colonization rates of short-term jugular and femoral catheters. METHODS:Using data from two m...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Timsit JF,Bouadma L,Mimoz O,Parienti JJ,Garrouste-Orgeas M,Alfandari S,Plantefeve G,Bronchard R,Troche G,Gauzit R,Antona M,Canet E,Bohe J,Herrault MC,Schwebel C,Ruckly S,Souweine B,Lucet JC

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Chronic cough is characterized by frequent urges to cough and a heightened sensitivity to inhaled irritants. Airway sensory nerves trigger cough. We hypothesized that sensory nerve density is increased in chronic cough, which may contribute to excessive and persistent coughing.Objectives: To measure airway ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shapiro CO,Proskocil BJ,Oppegard LJ,Blum ED,Kappel NL,Chang CH,Fryer AD,Jacoby DB,Costello RW,Drake MG

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Although local tissue activation of the endothelin (ET) system contributes to the development of pulmonary hypertension, the impact of isolated chronic plasma hyperendothelinemia on the pulmonary circulation is unknown. METHODS:Mini-osmotic pumps were implanted in rats to deliver ET-1 during 7 or 28 days. A...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Migneault A,Sauvageau S,Villeneuve L,Thorin E,Fournier A,Leblanc N,Dupuis J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that continuous eosinophilic inflammation after repeated antigen instillation into the nose was observed only in A/J mice, not in three other strains. Histologic analysis of tissues from A/J mice revealed features typical of airway remodeling, i.e., airway wall thickening and increased collagen depositions we...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shinagawa K,Kojima M

更新日期：2003-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition in which continuous bronchodilation may have clinical advantages. This study evaluated salmeterol, a beta-agonist bronchodilator with a duration of action substantially longer than that of short-acting beta-agonists, compared with ipratropium, an anticholiner...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rennard SI,Anderson W,ZuWallack R,Broughton J,Bailey W,Friedman M,Wisniewski M,Rickard K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of ambient particulate matter (PM(10)) have been associated with increased cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. We previously showed that the deposition of particles in the lung induces a systemic inflammatory response that includes stimulation of the bone marrow. This marrow response is related to...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： van Eeden SF,Tan WC,Suwa T,Mukae H,Terashima T,Fujii T,Qui D,Vincent R,Hogg JC

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between annual change in pulmonary function and changes in respiratory symptoms among male grain elevator workers who participated in a health surveillance program mandated by Labour Canada. The surveillance was conducted every 3 yr starting from the period 1978 to 1981. The 1,211 work...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Senthilselvan A,Pahwa P,Wang P,McDuffie HH,Dosman JA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients in whom acid-fast bacilli smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis was newly diagnosed were randomized to receive 400 mg moxifloxacin, 300 mg isonaizid, or 600 mg rifampin daily for 5 days. Sixteen-hour overnight sputa collections were made for the 2 days before and for 5 days of monotherapy. Bactericidal activi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gosling RD,Uiso LO,Sam NE,Bongard E,Kanduma EG,Nyindo M,Morris RW,Gillespie SH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The German reunification offers a unique opportunity to study the impact of environmental factors on the development of childhood respiratory and allergic disorders in ethnically similar populations. We investigated the prevalence of asthma, hay fever, atopy, and bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) in 9- to 11-year ol...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： von Mutius E,Martinez FD,Fritzsch C,Nicolai T,Roell G,Thiemann HH

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The degree to which chronic respiratory health effects caused by exposures to cotton dust and endotoxin is reversible after cessation of textile work is unknown. OBJECTIVES:To investigate changes in lung function and respiratory symptoms after cessation of textile work and to determine whether past exposure ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shi J,Hang JQ,Mehta AJ,Zhang HX,Dai HL,Su L,Eisen EA,Christiani DC

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its central role in hemostasis, thrombin may play a role in inflammation and remodeling. To investigate the contribution of thrombin to allergic airway inflammation in asthma, we used an enzymatic assay to determine thrombin activity in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid obtained from 19 subjects with atopic ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Terada M,Kelly EA,Jarjour NN

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of strain difference in the response to cigarette smoke was investigated in mice. Mice of the strains DBA/2 and C57BL/6J responded to acute cigarette smoke with a decrease of the antioxidant defenses of their bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids. On the other hand, under these conditions ICR mice increased the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cavarra E,Bartalesi B,Lucattelli M,Fineschi S,Lunghi B,Gambelli F,Ortiz LA,Martorana PA,Lungarella G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have found that sleep deprivation reduces the hypercapnic ventilatory response (HCVR). Such results may have been affected by uncontrolled activities or environmental influences during the sleep deprivation period. The current study determined the "pure" effect of sleep deprivation on respiratory contr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Spengler CM,Shea SA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00