The role of the basolateral outwardly rectifying chloride channel in human airway epithelial anion secretion.

abstract：:IL-13 is a T-helper class 2 cytokine that induces goblet cell hyperplasia and mucus production in airway epithelial cells. Because macrolide antibiotics are known to have immunomodulatory and mucoregulatory properties, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of clarithromycin on IL-13-induced goblet cell hyper...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tanabe T,Kanoh S,Tsushima K,Yamazaki Y,Kubo K,Rubin BK

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) has been implicated as a major negative regulator of lung branching morphogenesis. Since connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a downstream mediator of TGF-beta1 effects on mesenchymal cells, we hypothesized that TGF-beta1 induces CTGF expression in mouse embryonic lung...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Wu S,Peng J,Duncan MR,Kasisomayajula K,Grotendorst G,Bancalari E

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) holds great promise in the repair of cigarette smoke (CS)-induced lung damage in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Because CS leads to mitochondrial dysfunction, we aimed to investigate the potential benefit of mitochondrial transfer from human-induced pluri...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Li X,Zhang Y,Yeung SC,Liang Y,Liang X,Ding Y,Ip MS,Tse HF,Mak JC,Lian Q

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase C (PKC) is known to regulate ryanodine receptor (RyR)-mediated local Ca(2+) signaling (Ca(2+) spark) in airway and vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), but its specific molecular mechanisms and functions still remain elusive. In this study, we reveal that, in airway SMCs, specific PKCepsilon peptide inh...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Liu QH,Zheng YM,Korde AS,Li XQ,Ma J,Takeshima H,Wang YX

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucocorticoids (GC) and retinoids (RA) modulate branching morphogenesis and cytodifferentiation in the developing lung. We investigated downstream target genes that link glucocorticoid stimulation to the achievement of a mature lung in glucocorticoid receptor (GR) knockout mice. All GR(null) mice and approximatel...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kaplan F,Comber J,Sladek R,Hudson TJ,Muglia LJ,Macrae T,Gagnon S,Asada M,Brewer JA,Sweezey NB

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathological hallmarks of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic lung disease of premature infants, include inflammation, arrested alveolarization, and dysregulated angiogenesis. Severe BPD is often complicated by pulmonary hypertension (PH) that significantly increases morbidity and mortality. Glycogen synth...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hummler SC,Rong M,Chen S,Hehre D,Alapati D,Wu S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian airways are sensitive to inhaled stimuli, and airway diseases are characterized by hypersensitivity to volatile stimuli, such as perfumes, industrial solvents, and others. However, the identity and function of the cells in the airway that can sense volatile chemicals remain uncertain, particularly in hum...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gu X,Karp PH,Brody SL,Pierce RA,Welsh MJ,Holtzman MJ,Ben-Shahar Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that, as in animal models, localized deposition of antigen into the human lung would induce local inflammatory and immune responses in antigen-exposed sites. To test this hypothesis, segmental instillation of a well-characterized, highly immunogenic, soluble antigen, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) was...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Weissman DN,Bice DE,Crowell RE,Schuyler MR

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is an important inflammatory mediator produced by activated monocytes and macrophages. We have previously shown that porcine alveolar macrophages (PAM) mediate bystander cytotoxicity through hydrogen peroxide production following activation with immobilized IgG immune complex (I...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kim JW,Wierda WG,Kim YB

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis remaining the most common cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants worldwide, treatment has progressed little in the past 30 years. The aim of our study was to determine whether post-infection administration of de novo pyrimidine synthesis inhibitors c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Davis IC,Lazarowski ER,Chen FP,Hickman-Davis JM,Sullender WM,Matalon S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil elastase (NE) is a major inflammatory mediator in cystic fibrosis (CF) that is a robust predictor of lung disease progression. NE directly causes airway injury via protease activity, and propagates persistent neutrophilic inflammation by up-regulation of neutrophil chemokine expression. Despite its key role...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Griffin KL,Fischer BM,Kummarapurugu AB,Zheng S,Kennedy TP,Rao NV,Foster WM,Voynow JA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously it was reported that hyperoxia induced death of the human lung adenocarcinoma cell line (A549 cells) by necrosis, not by apoptosis. This study examined proliferation and death of untransformed human small airway epithelial (SAE) cells in normoxia or hyperoxia in comparison with A549 cells. We tested the hyp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Jyonouchi H,Sun S,Abiru T,Chareancholvanich S,Ingbar DH

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil-associated inflammation during Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection is a determinant of morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF). Neutrophil apoptosis is a key factor in inflammation resolution and is controlled by cytosolic proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). p21/Waf1, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Martin C,Ohayon D,Alkan M,Mocek J,Pederzoli-Ribeil M,Candalh C,Thevenot G,Millet A,Tamassia N,Cassatella MA,Thieblemont N,Burgel PR,Witko-Sarsat V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effects of acid exposure on the adherence of Streptococcus pneumoniae to cultured human tracheal epithelial cells, cells were exposed to acid at various pH levels, and various concentrations of S. pneumoniae were added to the culture medium. The number of S. pneumoniae adhering to cultured human trachea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ishizuka S,Yamaya M,Suzuki T,Nakayama K,Kamanaka M,Ida S,Sekizawa K,Sasaki H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary inflammation in patients affected by cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by massive bronchial infiltrates of neutrophils, which is sustained by the interaction of pathogens (e.g., Pseudomonas aeruginosa) with surface bronchial cells. To explore new treatment options focused on the reduction of neut...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bezzerri V,Borgatti M,Nicolis E,Lampronti I,Dechecchi MC,Mancini I,Rizzotti P,Gambari R,Cabrini G

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) has emerged as a key mediator of inflammation. Recently, we reported that the resolution of inflammation is impaired in Timp3(-/-) mice after bleomycin-induced lung injury. Here, we demonstrate that after LPS instillation (another model of acute lung injury), Timp3(-/-...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gill SE,Gharib SA,Bench EM,Sussman SW,Wang RT,Rims C,Birkland TP,Wang Y,Manicone AM,McGuire JK,Parks WC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Important characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) include airway and vascular remodeling, the molecular mechanisms of which are poorly understood. We assessed the role of fibroblast growth factors (FGF) in pulmonary vascular remodeling by examining the expression pattern of FGF-1, FGF-2, and th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kranenburg AR,De Boer WI,Van Krieken JH,Mooi WJ,Walters JE,Saxena PR,Sterk PJ,Sharma HS

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution of actin and fodrin, a nonerythroid analogue of spectrin, was studied in cytocentrifuge preparations and in tissue sections of normal and pathologic respiratory epithelium by using immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy. In ciliated epithelial cells and in goblet cells of normal bronchial epithe...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sormunen R,Pääkkö P,Palovuori R,Soini Y,Lehto VP

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) metabolizes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cigarette smoke to DNA-binding reactive intermediates associated with carcinogenesis. Epidemiologic studies indicate that the majority of coal miners are smokers but have a lower risk of lung cancer than other smokers. We hypothesized that coa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ghanem MM,Porter D,Battelli LA,Vallyathan V,Kashon ML,Ma JY,Barger MW,Nath J,Castranova V,Hubbs AF

更新日期：2004-08-01 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

abstract：:Lung injury is a frequent consequence of oxygen (O2) therapy administered to newborns and adults with respiratory distress. Acute exposure to hyperoxia results in a well-described pathophysiologic response in the lungs. Because inflammation is an important component of pulmonary O2 toxicity, we have an interest in ide...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Piedboeuf B,Gamache M,Frenette J,Horowitz S,Baldwin HS,Petrov P

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:The increase of airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass in asthma results from hypertrophic and hyperplastic stimuli, and leads to an increase in cellular contractile proteins. However, little evidence correlates the relative contributions of hypertrophic and hyperplastic muscle with functional effects on airway resistance. W...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Plant PJ,North ML,Ward A,Ward M,Khanna N,Correa J,Scott JA,Batt J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 70% of patients with cystic fibrosis have the DeltaF508 mutation. This protein is a partially functional chloride (Cl-) channel that is prematurely degraded in the endoplasmic reticulum. Specific members of the flavonoid class of compounds have been shown to increase Cl- conductance of wild-type and DeltaF508 cys...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lim M,McKenzie K,Floyd AD,Kwon E,Zeitlin PL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar epithelial type II cells secrete lung surfactant via exocytosis. Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNARE) are implicated in this process. Lipid rafts, the cholesterol- and sphingolipid-rich microdomains, may offer a platform for protein organization on the cell membrane. ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Chintagari NR,Jin N,Wang P,Narasaraju TA,Chen J,Liu L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke (CS) is the main causative factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Current research supports the concept that airway inflammation is central to the development and progression of the disease. Studies have demonstrated that neutrophils are increased in COPD lungs and that neutrophil-asso...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cardini S,Dalli J,Fineschi S,Perretti M,Lungarella G,Lucattelli M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is thought to be important in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. However, surfactant protein-C/TNF-alpha transgenic mice do not spontaneously develop pulmonary fibrosis but instead develop alveolar enlargement and loss of elastic recoil. We hypothesized that overexpression o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fujita M,Shannon JM,Morikawa O,Gauldie J,Hara N,Mason RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T helper 2 (Th2)-like cytokines are thought to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of airway inflammation in atopic asthma, leading to bronchial hyperresponsiveness. To investigate the role of the principal Th2 cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4) in asthma, we examined the allergen-induced changes in airway morphology a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Brusselle G,Kips J,Joos G,Bluethmann H,Pauwels R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) is an important new therapeutic agent used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension in a variety of disease states. However, the effects of NO on cells in the lung are uncertain. Previously, we have shown that NO gas depresses neutrophil oxidative cell function and increases neutrophil cell d...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fortenberry JD,Owens ML,Brown MR,Atkinson D,Brown LA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence from genetic experiments in yeast and from studies using guanosine triphosphate (GTP) analogues in mammalian cells suggests a key role for low-molecular-mass GTP-binding proteins (LMM-GBPs) (Mr 19 to 28 kD) in processes of intracellular vesicular sorting and secretion. Assembly and exocytosis of the la...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Rubins JB,Panchenko M,Shannon TM,Dickey BF

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00