Transient exposure of human bronchial epithelial cells to cytokines leads to persistent increased expression of ICAM-1.

abstract：:Alveolar macrophages (AM) are the primary target cell of the lung for inhaled mycobacterial pathogens. We investigated the effect of the synthetic lipopeptide MALP-2 on the interaction between AM from rats and Mycobacterium bovis BCG. AM were infected with M. bovis BCG at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 10 and th...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Jörgens G,Bange FC,Mühlradt PF,Pabst R,Maus UA,Tschernig T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemerin is shown to be associated with inflammation which is involved in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. This study aims to determine whether rosiglitazone and pioglitazone ameliorate renal function through an effect on the expression of chemerin and ChemR23 in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. The rats...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Hu W,Yu Q,Zhang J,Liu D

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-8 and neutrophil inflammation play a vital role in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory airway diseases. A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17 (ADAM17) cleaves ectodomains of various transmembrane proteins and is an important regulator of almost every cellular event. The aim of this work was to i...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Li Y,Yan J,Xu W,Wang H,Xia Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovium-derived mesenchymal stem cells (SMSCs) can migrate to the site of destroyed condylar cartilage and differentiate into chondrocytes to repair temporomandibular joint (TMJ) damage. Interleukin (IL)-1β-induced IL-6 secretion has been shown to inhibit the chondrogenic potential of SMSCs. The histone deacetylase i...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Sun J,Liao W,Su K,Jia J,Qin L,Liu W,He Y,Zhang H,Ou F,Zhang Z,Sun Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases, including acute coronary syndrome (ACS), are the leading cause of death among humans. Adhesion proteins, owing to their involvement in the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic lesions, contribute to the progression of coronary disease and ACS occurrence. Considering ambiguosity of res...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Dabek J,Ligus J,Szota J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial activation with excessive recruitment and adhesion of immune cells plays a central role in the progression of sepsis. We established a microfluidic system to study the activation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells by conditioned medium containing plasma from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated whole blood...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Eichhorn T,Rauscher S,Hammer C,Gröger M,Fischer MB,Weber V

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial-neutrophil adhesion is a critical step in acute inflammatory diseases, which is mediated in part by P-selectin and platelet-activating factor (PAF). Nitric oxide (NO) is well known as an endogenous second messenger derived from endothelial cells, and regulates many important physiological events, however, ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Okayama N,Coe L,Itoh M,Alexander JS

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukocyte chemoattractants markedly alter the morphology and membrane functions of leukocytes. Bacterial collagenase causes a change in cell shape similar to that seen with the leukocyte chemoattractant, f-Met-Leu-Phe, and also promotes capping of concanavalin A. Human neutrophils in suspension or adherent to cover gl...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Walter RJ

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stacks of six membrane filters (8-mu pore size) were placed over the mouths of plastic tubes. The tubes were filled with casein (test) or NaCl (control) solution and implanted subcutaneously in white rats; each animal received one tube with casein and one control tube. After 12, 18, 24, and 36 h, the tubes were remove...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Egger G,Porta S,Gollmann D

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Release and activation of pro-inflammatory mediators are among the most important induced factors that are involved in the scorpion envenomation pathogenesis. Inflammatory response and lung reactivity were studied in mice following subcutaneous injection with Androctonus australis hector (Aah) venom. Venom immunodetec...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Adi-Bessalem S,Mendil A,Hammoudi-Triki D,Laraba-Djebari F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonspecific (nonallergic) inflammatory activity of melittin, a protein toxin from honeybees, was correlated with specific amino acid sequences. Two different amino acid sequences of melittin were found to contribute to nonspecific inflammatory activities in guinea pig skin. Carboxy terminal peptide sequences of 7-...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Mackler BF,Kreil G

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) is caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The inflammatory response following CNS-TB involves the activation of resident microglia and the infiltration of macrophages. However, it has not been clarified whether microglia can be polarized into the classic...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Qin Y,Sun X,Shao X,Cheng C,Feng J,Sun W,Gu D,Liu W,Xu F,Duan Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome is characterized by increased pulmonary inflammation, where T helper 17 (Th17) cells play an important regulatory role. Notch signaling critically regulates Th17 differentiation and is known to be linked with proximal T cell by protein kinase C theta (PKCθ). ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Li M,Zhao Y,He J,Deng W,Cheng L,Jiang Z,Wang D

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin-α9 (ITGA9) and its corresponding ligands are involved in inflammatory and immune responses. The present study aimed to investigate whether ITGA9 participates in the development of chronic periodontitis (ChP) and to explore the underlying mechanisms. We collected gingival tissue and gingival crevicular fluid i...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Xu S,Jiang C,Liu H,Zhang H,Liao H,Wang X,Yao S,Ma L,Guo Y,Cao Z

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid synovial fluids generated significantly greater amounts of superoxide, lysosomal enzymes, and superoxide dismutase from neutrophils into extracellular fluid than osteoarthritic synovial fluids. Rheumatoid factors isolated from serum suppressed superoxide-generating activity of performed immune complexes, bu...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Shingu M,Todoroki T,Nobunaga M

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines and autophagy has been reported to be involved in the pathogenic mechanism of acute lung injury (ALI). Reportedly, alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (α7nAchR) might play a protective role in LPS-induced ALI. In the current research, we established LPS-induce...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Zhao X,Yu Z,Lv Z,Meng L,Xu J,Yuan S,Fu Z

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has received much attention due to its increasing worldwide incidence and potential increased risk of colorectal cancer. The protective function of a Rho-associated protein kinase inhibitor (Y-27632) against 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) induced mouse colitis has been prov...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Wang Y,Duan X,Liu X,Liu Y,Fan H,Xu M,Chen Q,Tang Q

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar type I epithelial cells (AECIs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury. The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGEs) is expressed at a high basal level in AECIs, and its soluble isoform is suggested as a marker of AECI injury. However, the molecular mechanism by which RAGE...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Li Y,Wu R,Zhao S,Cheng H,Ji P,Yu M,Tian Z

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis, a clinical syndrome occurring in patients following infection or injury, is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. CD86 (B7-2) is a costimulatory molecule on antigen-presenting cells and plays critical roles in immune responses. In the current study, we investigated the association of two CD86 p...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Song H,Tang L,Xu M,Li H,Xu S,Li G,Bao X,Sun B,Cheng T,Yang Q,Bai J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that Interleukin-6 (IL-6) acts as a marker of vasculitis. To determine the role of IL-6 in vasculitis we utilized two models of immune complex induced vascular injury (dermal Arthus and acute pulmonary alveolitis) in IL-6 deficient (IL-6(-/-)) and IL-6 sufficient (IL-6(+/+)) mice. Plasm...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： McClintock SD,Barron AG,Olle EW,Deogracias MP,Warner RL,Opp M,Johnson KJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and induced sputum (IS) for assessing inflammation in pulmonary diseases in patients with obstructive lung disease (n = 20), persistent cough >6 months (n = 20), interstitial lung disease (n = 25) and controls (n = 10). EBC was collected by suspending a Teflon perfluoroalkox...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Fireman E,Shtark M,Priel IE,Shiner R,Mor R,Kivity S,Fireman Z

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to compare serum levels of the inflammatory mediators including C-reactive protein (CRP), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), and their coexistence called overlap syndrome (OVS). In ad...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Nural S,Günay E,Halici B,Celik S,Ünlü M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kurloff cells are mononuclear cells possessing a large cytoplasmic inclusion body specific to the guinea pig. In this report, we present strong evidence that Kurloff cells can mediate NC activity against tumor cells in addition to their previously reported NK activity. Using an 18 h 51Cr-release assay we have shown th...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Pouliot N,Maghni K,Sirois P,Rola-Pleszczynski M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study showed that S-methylisothiourea (SMT) had anti-inflammatory effects in treating herpes simplex encephalitis in mice, and SMT also induced apoptosis of herpes simplex virus (HSV-1)-infected microglial cells. Both animal and cell models were employed in this study. Both models included the following five group...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Guo YJ,Li W,Li XF,Zhao L,Zhang SL,Zhou Y,Dong JH,Mei YW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we investigated the effect of lipoxin A4 on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) following cardiac arrest (CA) in a rabbit model. Lipoxin A4 is a metabolite of arachidonic acid in the eicosanoid, it is called "brake signal" for its anti-inflammatory activity. Some inflammatory factors (IL...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Chen Z,Wu Z,Huang C,Zhao Y,Zhou Y,Zhou X,Lu X,Mao L,Li S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salidroside (Sal), a phenylpropanoid glycoside isolated from a popular traditional Chinese medicinal plant Rhodiola rosea L., possesses multiple pharmacological actions. This aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Sal against isoproterenol (ISO)-induced myocardial ischemia. Fifty male Sprague-Dawley rats w...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Zhu L,Wei T,Chang X,He H,Gao J,Wen Z,Yan T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of peripheral blood neutrophils to injure elements of the alveolar septum was assessed. Experiments consisted of activating previously isolated neutrophils (PMNs) with a soluble (phorbol myristate acetate, PMA) and a particulate (zymosan) trigger, and measuring detachment of 51Cr-labeled epithelial cells. ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Brown DM,Brown GM,Macnee W,Donaldson K

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (rTNF) stimulated increased generation of superoxide anion (O2-) by human neutrophils in a concentration-dependent fashion. Preincubation of human neutrophils with rTNF (2.2-2200 units/ml) for 10 min enhanced the subsequent generation of O2- in response to C5a and f-Met-Le...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Bajaj MS,Kew RR,Webster RO,Hyers TM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruta graveolens L. (Rutaceae) are traditionally used for the treatment of rheumatism, arthritis and other inflammatory conditions in the traditional medicine of India, were evaluated for their protective effect in acute and chronic models of inflammation. Carrageenan induced rat paw edema and adjuvant induced arthriti...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Ratheesh M,Shyni GL,Sindhu G,Helen A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After severe burns, a wound revision is often done to remove devitalized tissue and minimize bacterial growth. After such revision, the patient may show signs of sepsis. In a group of burned patients we found a transient endotoxemia, and a subsequent leukocyte activation, monitored as increased expression of the beta ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Ljunghusen O,Berg S,Hed J,Lundahl J,Nettelblad H,Sjögren F,Stendahl O

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00