Controlled mechanical ventilation leads to remodeling of the rat diaphragm.

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：:Obstructive apneas and hypopneas during sleep are a well recognized cause of excessive daytime sleepiness. Snoring is also associated with excess sleepiness, although it is not known whether this reflects an independent effect of snoring or whether snoring is simply a marker for obstructive sleep apnea. To further exp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gottlieb DJ,Yao Q,Redline S,Ali T,Mahowald MW

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Improved understanding of the lung microbiome in HIV-infected individuals could lead to better strategies for diagnosis, therapy, and prophylaxis of HIV-associated pneumonias. Differences in the oral and lung microbiomes in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals are not well defined. Whether highly activ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Beck JM,Schloss PD,Venkataraman A,Twigg H 3rd,Jablonski KA,Bushman FD,Campbell TB,Charlson ES,Collman RG,Crothers K,Curtis JL,Drews KL,Flores SC,Fontenot AP,Foulkes MA,Frank I,Ghedin E,Huang L,Lynch SV,Morris A,Pa

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Patients with severe asthma (SA) are less responsive to the beneficial effects of corticosteroid (CS) therapy, and relative CS insensitivity has been shown in airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC) from patients with SA. OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether there was a defect in the actions of the glucocorticoid re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chang PJ,Michaeloudes C,Zhu J,Shaikh N,Baker J,Chung KF,Bhavsar PK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Epidemiological studies in older individuals have found an association between the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition (ACE-I) therapy and preserved locomotor muscle mass, strength, and walking speed. ACE-I therapy might therefore have a role in the context of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Curtis KJ,Meyrick VM,Mehta B,Haji GS,Li K,Montgomery H,Man WD,Polkey MI,Hopkinson NS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension associated with congestive heart failure carries a risk of right ventricular failure after cardiac transplantation. Few data, however, are available on the hemodynamic behavior of the pulmonary circulation in these patients. We therefore studied mean pulmonary artery pressure minus left atrial p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Naeije R,Lipski A,Abramowicz M,Lejeune P,Mélot C,Antoine M,De Smet JM,Leclerc JL,Primo G

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical illness is not a discrete disease state or syndrome. It is the culmination of a multiplicity of heterogeneous disease states and their varied health trajectories leading to extreme illness that requires advanced life support in a distinct geographic location in the hospital. It is a marker of newly acquired o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Herridge MS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female Fisher 344 rats (n = 25) were inoculated intrapleurally with a single 20-mg dose of (JM-100) fibrous glass. The mean length (2.2 microns) and width (0.15 microns) of the fibrous glass particles was within respirable range. Following inoculation, the rats were killed at timed intervals ranging from 2 to 430 d fr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fraire AE,Greenberg SD,Spjut HJ,Roggli VL,Dodson RF,Cartwright J,Williams G,Baker S

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tezacaftor (formerly VX-661) is an investigational small molecule that improves processing and trafficking of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in vitro, and improves CFTR function alone and in combination with ivacaftor. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of tezacaft...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Donaldson SH,Pilewski JM,Griese M,Cooke J,Viswanathan L,Tullis E,Davies JC,Lekstrom-Himes JA,Wang LT,VX11-661-101 Study Group.

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relation between IgE reactive with histamine-releasing factor (HRF) and clinical status in patients with asthma or rhinitis. Sera were used to passively sensitize purified, lactic-acid treated basophils. IgE-independent HRF due to chemokines was removed from mononuclear cell supernatants with hepar...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pasmans SG,Aalbers M,van der Veen MJ,Knol EF,van der Zee JS,Jansen HM,Aalberse RC

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Phthalates are used widely in consumer products. Exposure to several phthalates has been associated with respiratory symptoms and decreased lung function. Associations between children's phthalate exposures and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (Fe(NO)), a biomarker of airway inflammation, have not been examine...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Just AC,Whyatt RM,Miller RL,Rundle AG,Chen Q,Calafat AM,Divjan A,Rosa MJ,Zhang H,Perera FP,Goldstein IF,Perzanowski MS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of lipoxygenase metabolites in the pathogenesis of endotoxin (LPS)-induced lung injury remains to be clarified. We investigated the contribution of peptide leukotrienes to LPS-induced acute lung injury using a potent antagonist, ONO-1078 (ONO). Experimental groups consisted of a saline group (n = 10), an LPS ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ishizaka A,Hasegawa N,Sakamaki F,Tasaka S,Nakamura H,Kishikawa K,Yamada A,Obata T,Sayama K,Urano T

更新日期：1994-11-01 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

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) may play a part in pulmonary vascular regulation and bronchomotor control and has been detected in exhaled air. We report the release of NO from airway epithelial cells and its regulation by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). To directly measure NO release, a highly specific amperometric sensor f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tamaoki J,Kondo M,Takemura H,Chiyotani A,Yamawaki I,Konno K

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：:Lymphocyte migration from the blood into the lung has been suggested as being responsible for the increase of lymphocytes, in particular CD4 T cells, in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and bronchial mucosa in human asthma, but so far there has been no direct proof. We studied lymphocyte immigration and lymphocyte sub...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Schuster M,Tschernig T,Krug N,Pabst R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD14 influences postnatal switching of T helper cell responses. CD14 C-159T has been associated with altered CD14 and IgE levels in cross-sectional studies. Identifying whether associations vary with age requires data from children of the same age followed longitudinally over many years. In this study, an unselected p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： O'Donnell AR,Toelle BG,Marks GB,Hayden CM,Laing IA,Peat JK,Goldblatt J,Le Souëf PN

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The impact of asthma on chronic lung function deficits is well known. However, there has been little study of ethnic differences in these asthma-associated deficits. OBJECTIVES:To examine whether there are ethnic differences in the effects of asthma on children's lung function. METHODS:We evaluated the impa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zhang Y,McConnell R,Gilliland F,Berhane K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases of the respiratory tract are among the leading causes of death in the world population. Increasing evidence points to a key role of the innate immune system with its pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in both infectious and noninfectious lung diseases, which include pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Opitz B,van Laak V,Eitel J,Suttorp N

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the development and course of impaired ventilatory function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) required further study. This role has been examined in the longitudinal Tucson Epidemiological Study of Airways Obstructive Disease, which started in 1972. The association ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sherrill DL,Lebowitz MD,Halonen M,Barbee RA,Burrows B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Noncommunicable diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA). Valid burden of disease estimates are lacking for noncommunicable lung disease in sSA. OBJECTIVES:We performed a community-based survey to determine the prevalence of chronic lung disease among adults 18 years o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Meghji J,Nadeau G,Davis KJ,Wang D,Nyirenda MJ,Gordon SB,Mortimer K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with systemic hypertension. Either overnight intermittent hypoxia, or the recurrent arousals that occur in OSA, could cause the daytime increases in blood pressure (BP). OBJECTIVES:To establish the role of intermittent hypoxia in the increased morning BP in patient...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Turnbull CD,Sen D,Kohler M,Petousi N,Stradling JR

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a syndrome of chronic wasting, in part associated with a chronic inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to investigate cross-sectionally and prospectively the potential role of leptin in relation to systemic inflammation in the regulation of the energy balance ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Schols AM,Creutzberg EC,Buurman WA,Campfield LA,Saris WH,Wouters EF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 12 male baboons were delivered by hysterotomy at 75% of gestation. The development of a nonlethal baboon model permitted a study of lung growth and development in long-term survivors. Control animals were ventilated with clinically appropriate oxygen for the 21 d study period. BPD animals were ventilate...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Coalson JJ,Winter V,deLemos RA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary emphysema and periodontal disease are each characterized by the uncontrolled proteolysis of connective tissue proteins by proteinases derived from human neutrophils. Although these diseases would not appear to be related in terms of the initial insult to individual tissues, the ultimate result in each diseas...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Travis J,Pike R,Imamura T,Potempa J

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful bronchodilator therapy with a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) in intubated, mechanically ventilated patients requires adequate delivery of aerosol to the lower respiratory tract. We determined the effect of ventilator mode, inspiratory flow pattern, humidity, and spontaneous respiratory effort on albuterol deliv...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fink JB,Dhand R,Duarte AG,Jenne JW,Tobin MJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal and lung parenchymal SP-LI (substance P-like immunoreactivity) and VIP-LI (vasoactive intestinal peptide-like immunoreactivity) content was measured in HPLC-purified tissue extracts from patients with and without asthma. We detected significantly less SP-LI in tracheal tissue from asthmatic than from nonasthm...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lilly CM,Bai TR,Shore SA,Hall AE,Drazen JM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Very little is known about airways that are too small to be visible on thoracic multidetector computed tomography but larger than the terminal bronchioles. OBJECTIVES:To examine the structure of preterminal bronchioles located one generation proximal to terminal bronchioles in centrilobular and panlobular em...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tanabe N,Vasilescu DM,McDonough JE,Kinose D,Suzuki M,Cooper JD,Paré PD,Hogg JC

更新日期：2017-03-01 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:Conversion from a negative to positive QuantiFERON-TB test is indicative of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, which predisposes individuals to tuberculosis disease. Interpretation of serial tests is confounded by immunological and technical variability. OBJECTIVES:To improve the consistency of seri...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nemes E,Rozot V,Geldenhuys H,Bilek N,Mabwe S,Abrahams D,Makhethe L,Erasmus M,Keyser A,Toefy A,Cloete Y,Ratangee F,Blauenfeldt T,Ruhwald M,Walzl G,Smith B,Loxton AG,Hanekom WA,Andrews JR,Lempicki MD,Ellis R,Ginsb

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00