C-Jun-NH2-terminal kinase mediates expression of connective tissue growth factor induced by transforming growth factor-beta1 in human lung fibroblasts.

abstract：:We examined the mechanisms underlying tachyphylaxis to beta-adrenergic receptor agonists (beta-agonists) in tracheal smooth muscle. Simultaneous measurements of isometric tension and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) using fura-2-loaded guinea pig tracheas showed that the inhibitory effects of isoproterenol (...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kume H,Ishikawa T,Oguma T,Ito S,Shimokata K,Kotlikoff MI

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is produced in lung epithelial cells by nitric oxide synthases (NOSs), which can enhance inflammation and edema formation. The inducible NOS (iNOS, type II NOS) has been shown to be increased in lung disorders such as asthma. Therapy for asthma includes antiinflammatory agents such as corticosteroids...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Robbins RA,Jinkins PA,Bryan TW,Prado SC,Milligan SA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathological hallmark lesions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are the fibroblastic foci, in which fibroblasts are thought to be involved in the tissue remodeling, matrix deposition, and cross-talk with alveolar epithelium. Recent evidence indicates that some fibroblasts in fibrosis may be derived from bone marrow...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hashimoto N,Phan SH,Imaizumi K,Matsuo M,Nakashima H,Kawabe T,Shimokata K,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neutrophils play critical roles in innate immunity, in excess these cells cause severe tissue damage. Thus, neutrophil activation must be tightly regulated to prevent indiscriminant damage. Previously, we reported that mice lacking matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 7 are protected from lung injury owing to marke...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gill SE,Nadler ST,Li Q,Frevert CW,Park PW,Chen P,Parks WC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblasts are the major mesenchymal cells present within the interstitium of the lung and are a major source of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which modulates the maintenance of pulmonary microvasculature. Prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) acts on a set of E-prostanoid (EP) receptors that activate multiple sig...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Nakanishi M,Sato T,Li Y,Nelson AJ,Farid M,Michalski J,Kanaji N,Wang X,Basma H,Patil A,Goraya J,Liu X,Togo S,L Toews M,Holz O,Muller KC,Magnussen H,Rennard SI

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth factors that operate while the lung remodels in hyperoxia are not known. At the lung periphery, high oxygen levels cause cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia, and this results in a thickening of the alveolar-capillary membrane and the walls of its associated microvessels. The present study examines gene express...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Powell PP,Wang CC,Jones R

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar type (AT)I and ATII cells are central to maintaining normal alveolar fluid homeostasis. When disrupted, they contribute to the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Research on ATII cells has been limited by the inability to propagate primary cells in vitro to study ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bove PF,Dang H,Cheluvaraju C,Jones LC,Liu X,O'Neal WK,Randell SH,Schlegel R,Boucher RC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neurodegeneration. Aging contributes to common processes including metabolic dysfunction, DNA damage, and reactive oxygen species generation. Although glycolysis has been linked to cell growth and prolifer...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cho SJ,Moon JS,Lee CM,Choi AM,Stout-Delgado HW

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of concomitant P1-receptor stimulation on peak intracellular Ca2+ release by extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) were investigated in cultured airway smooth-muscle (ASM) cells. The results show that peak Ca2+ release to ATP is enhanced by preincubation with adenosin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Michoud MC,Tao FC,Pradhan AA,Martin JG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated mechanically induced cell-to-cell Ca2+ signaling in a preparation of rabbit tracheal epithelium close to its in vivo condition. We used confocal microscopy to analyze changes in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in intact ciliated tracheal mucosal explants loaded with the Ca2+-indicato...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Felix JA,Chaban VV,Woodruff ML,Dirksen ER

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity affects the incidence and severity of asthma in at least two major phenotypes: an early-onset allergic (EOA) form that is complicated by obesity and a late-onset nonallergic (LONA) form that occurs only in the setting of obesity. Both groups exhibit airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine challenge but exhi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bates JH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested the murine macrophagic cell line RAW 264.7 for its ability to undergo activation after exposure to silica particles in vitro. When exposed to silica under controlled conditions (each cell having access to about 10 silica particles), RAW 264.7 cells were able to phagocytose the particles. Concomitantly, ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Claudio E,Segade F,Wróbel K,Ramos S,Lazo PS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated previously that FoxD1-derived cells in the lung are enriched in pericyte-like cells in mouse lung. These cells express the common pericyte markers and are located adjacent to endothelial cells. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of administering diphtheria toxin (DT) by oropharyngeal aspirat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hung CF,Chow YH,Liles WC,Altemeier WA,Schnapp LM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the ability of the human surfactant protein B (SP-B) promoter to confer cell specificity of transgene expression in an adenoviral vector. Using similar replication-deficient adenoviruses (rAd), we compared lacZ reporter gene expression driven by the human SP-B promoter (rAd.SPBlacZ) with the ubiquitously e...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Strayer MS,Guttentag SH,Ballard PL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulated migration of eosinophils out of the bloodstream and into the lung is key in the development of tissue eosinophilia and inflammation in asthma. Platelet-activating factor (PAF) has been implicated as an important inflammatory mediator in asthma pathogenesis in part because of its chemotactic capacity. We the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Casale TB,Erger RA,Little MM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple associations with emphysema apicobasal distribution (EABD), but the biological functions of these variants are unknown. To characterize the functions of EABD-associated variants, we integrated GWAS results with 1) expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL)...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Boueiz A,Pham B,Chase R,Lamb A,Lee S,Naing ZZC,Cho MH,Parker MM,Sakornsakolpat P,Hersh CP,Crapo JD,Stergachis AB,Tal-Singer R,DeMeo DL,Silverman EK,Zhou X,Castaldi PJ,COPDGene investigators, by Core Units:, ECLIPSE Inve

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural infection is common. Evacuation of infected pleural fluid is essential for successful treatment, but it is often difficult because of adhesions/loculations within the effusion and the viscosity of the fluid. Intrapleural delivery of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) (to break the adhesions) and deoxyribonucle...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lansley SM,Cheah HM,Varano Della Vergiliana JF,Chakera A,Lee YC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicosis is a chronic lung disease induced by the inhalation of crystalline silica. Exposure of cultured macrophages to crystalline silica leads to cell death; however, the mechanism of cell-particle interaction, the fate of particles, and the cause of death are unknown. Time-lapse imaging shows that mouse macrophage...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gilberti RM,Joshi GN,Knecht DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) is a monofunctional Phase II enzyme inducer, which produces reactive oxygen species. Incubation with a sublethal concentration of TBHQ increased the activities of both gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS), although the mechanisms are different (L...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Liu RM,Hu H,Robison TW,Forman HJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins in the induction of prostacyclin synthesis by stimulated endothelial cells is incompletely understood. We report that sodium fluoride (NaF), a potent activator of cellular guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, affected time- and concentration-dependent generation of prost...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Garcia JG,Dominguez J,English D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung structure undergoes rapid remodeling during late gestation as a functional respiratory unit is formed. To determine the role of collagen turnover in this process, particularly the basement membrane component, we studied the degradation of collagen in a series of fetal rats from day 18 of gestation to full term. D...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Arden MG,Spearman MA,Adamson IY

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are key orchestrators of the inflammatory and repair responses in the lung, and the diversity of their function is indicated by their polarized states and distinct subpopulations and localization in the lung. Here, we characterized the pulmonary macrophage populations in the interstitial and alveolar compa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Johnston LK,Rims CR,Gill SE,McGuire JK,Manicone AM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common cause of pneumonia. Previous studies have documented an important role for Toll-like receptors (TLRs) expressed by myeloid cells in the recognition of K. pneumoniae and the initiation of a protective immune response. Lung epithelial cells also express TLRs and can participate in innat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Anas AA,Claushuis TAM,Mohan RA,Christoffels VM,Aidinis V,Florquin S,Van't Veer C,Hou B,de Vos AF,van der Poll T

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-glucans represent major structural components of fungal cell walls. We recently reported that Pneumocystis carinii beta-glucans stimulate alveolar macrophages to release proinflammatory cytokines. Macrophage activation by beta-glucan is augmented by serum, implying the presence of circulating factors that interac...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Vassallo R,Kottom TJ,Standing JE,Limper AH

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neutrophil migration from the systemic circulation involves the beta2- (or CD18) integrin family, the existence of an alternative, CD18-independent route of neutrophil extravasation to tissues has been demonstrated in animal models. The molecular interactions involved in this alternative migratory route have ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mackarel AJ,Russell KJ,Brady CS,FitzGerald MX,O'Connor CM

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that up-regulation of the angiotensin (Ang)-converting enzyme (ACE)/AngII/AngII type 1 receptor (AT1R) axis aggravates pulmonary fibrosis. The recently discovered ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas axis, which counteracts the activity of the ACE/AngII/AT1R axis, has been shown to protect against...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Meng Y,Yu CH,Li W,Li T,Luo W,Huang S,Wu PS,Cai SX,Li X

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a key enzyme involved in the inflammatory process that is rapidly induced in macrophages in response to LPS. Carbon monoxide (CO), a byproduct of heme oxygnease-1, can suppress proinflammatory response in various in vitro and in vivo models of inflammation. This study was undertaken to exam...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Suh GY,Jin Y,Yi AK,Wang XM,Choi AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human rhinovirus (HRV) triggers exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cigarette smoking is the primary risk factor for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and 25% of individuals with asthma smoke. Smokers experience both longer and more severe colds. We previously sho...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hudy MH,Traves SL,Proud D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive tissue remodeling occurs in survivors of acute lung injury, leading to nearly normal histology and physiology in the majority of individuals, whereas others suffer significant impairment due to the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Alveolar epithelial cells play a central role in the repair process. They ar...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hasegawa T,Sorensen L,Dohi M,Rao NV,Hoidal JR,Marshall BC

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is known that surfactant lipids and proteins are altered in patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, the mechanisms and implications of these alterations are not clear. In this study, the effects of P. aeruginosa on the surfactant large aggregate fraction were examined using an in vitro surface are...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Beatty AL,Malloy JL,Wright JR

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00