Modulation of neutrophil functions by activated platelet release factors.

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with exogenous cassette DNA containing the methicillin-resistant gene mecA (SCCmec) poses a problem as a drug-resistant bacterium responsible for hospital- and community-acquired infections. The frequency of MRSA detection has recently been increasing rapidly in Japan...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Nihonyanagi S,Kanoh Y,Okada K,Uozumi T,Kazuyama Y,Yamaguchi T,Nakazaki N,Sakurai K,Hirata Y,Munekata S,Ohtani S,Takemoto T,Bandoh Y,Akahoshi T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treg cells are crucial for maintaining immune homeostasis in CP/CPPS, but the molecular mechanisms underlying the modulation of the function of Treg in CP/CPPS remain unclear. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between immunosuppressive function of Treg and the methylation level of Foxp3...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Chen J,Zhan C,Zhang L,Zhang L,Liu Y,Zhang Y,Du H,Liang C,Chen X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine post-conditioning on the inflammatory response and autophagy effect of focal cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury in rats, and further to study its potential mechanisms. Water maze was conducted to evaluate spatial learning and memory ability of middle cerebral artery occlu...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Zhu Y,Li S,Liu J,Wen Q,Yu J,Yu L,Xie K

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of an intravenous injection (i.v.) of Sephadex beads (20 mg kg(-1)) were examined on bronchial responsiveness to ACh (1-200 microg kg(-1) i.v.) as well as on cell accumulation in guinea-pig lung. Bronchial hyperreactivity to ACh, measured as increase in pulmonary insufflation pressure (PIP), was observed 3...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Conroy DM,Sirois P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various disease states are associated with eosinophilia and the release of eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) into the microenvironment. The present study targets the effects of low levels of EPO on macrophage (M phi) phagocytosis and intracellular killing of Candida albicans as well as M phi oxidative activity measured as t...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Lefkowitz DL,Lincoln JA,Howard KR,Stuart R,Lefkowitz SS,Allen RC

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular signaling pathways involved in human monocyte chemotaxis toward a variety of chemoattractant molecules were evaluated using selected pharmacological agents. Neither phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (P13K) or extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activity were required for monocyte migration toward...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Fine JS,Byrnes HD,Zavodny PJ,Hipkin RW

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:The phenotypic alterations between blood monocytes from 11 patients with end-stage renal disease, who had been on peritoneal dialysis for less than one week, and blood monocytes from 10 healthy controls, were analyzed. In addition, peritoneal macrophages in the dialysate effluent were enclosed. Analysis of functional ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Brauner A,Lu Y,Halldén G,Hylander B,Lundahl J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical alteration of the glucocorticoid, methylprednisolone, has led to the introduction of a new class of compounds called the 21-aminosteroids (21-ASs). The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the 21-AS, U74389G, on silica-induced acute lung injury. Male Fischer 344 rats were treated intraperito...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Antonini JM,van Dyke K,DiMatteo M,Reasor MJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) increases serum TNF-alpha levels due to TNF-alpha secretion by macrophages. The serum TNF-alpha response to LPS was augmented 10x when FcgammaR ligation was induced by the intravenous injection of Gig-coated erythrocytes (IgG) prior to the administration of LPS. The macrophage population respo...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Loegering DJ,Lennartz MR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the potential effects of thalidomide (Thal) on bleomycin (BLM)-induced pulmonary fibrosis were investigated. BALB/C mice model of pulmonary fibrosis induced by an intratracheal instillation of BLM was adopted, and then was intraperitoneally injected with Thal (10, 20, 50 mg/kg) daily for 8 days, while t...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Dong X,Li X,Li M,Chen M,Fan Q,Wei W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported the antifibrotic effects of pirfenidone (PD) in the bleomycin (BL)-hamster model of lung fibrosis. Since the development of fibrosis is generally preceded by acute lung inflammation, the present study was conducted to find out if dietary intake of PD (0.5%) has any effects on BL-induced lun...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Iyer SN,Hyde DM,Giri SN

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the content of substance P (SP)-, neurokinin A (NKA)-, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)- and neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity (-LI) was measured in rats cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), plasma and perfusates (PF) from both elbow enthesis during acute inflammation. Either substance P, SP,...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Haker E,Theodorsson E,Lundeberg T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong anti-inflammatory activity has been found in Laminaria japonica dichloromethane fraction (LDF); however, the molecular mechanisms underlying its anti-inflammatory activity are not reported. Our results indicated that LDF inhibited LPS-induced nitric oxide and prostaglandin E(2) production in a dose-dependent ma...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Lee JY,Lee MS,Choi JW,Shin TS,Woo HC,Kim HR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity was detected in exudate from rat carrageenan-induced pleurisy using [3H]oleic acid-labeled Escherichia coli as substrate. Both exudate volume and PLA2 activity increased up to 24 h after carrageenin injection. Specific absorption of this activity by anti-group II PLA2 (PL...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Tanaka K,Kato T,Matsumoto K,Yoshida T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The newly discovered gamma-PKC-related-protein of human leukocytes (gamma-rp) crossreacts with a polyclonal antibody preparation originally designed to be specific for PKC-gamma (gammaMb-Ab). As this antibody is currently the only suitable probe for gamma-rp, we sought to characterize the binding of the two proteins. ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Smallwood JI,Malawista SE

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK1) is a key regulatory protein in TLR/IL1R-mediated cell activation during inflammatory response. Studies indicated that pending on the nature of the used inflammatory model, downregulation of IRAK1 may be beneficial or detrimental. However, the role of IRAK1 in affecting ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Chandra R,Federici S,Bishwas T,Németh ZH,Deitch EA,Thomas JA,Spolarics Z

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to evaluate the effects of epigallocatechin 3 gallate (EGCG) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury in a murine model. In the present study, production of TNF-alpha and MIP-2 and activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK)1/2, c-Jun amino terminal kinases (JNK) an...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Bae HB,Li M,Kim JP,Kim SJ,Jeong CW,Lee HG,Kim WM,Kim HS,Kwak SH

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of peptide leukotrienes (p-LTs), especially LTC4 and LTD4 in liver disease, was investigated in mice experimental liver injury models. The liver injury was induced by the injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into Corynebacterium parvum pretreated mice. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver inju...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Nagai H,Shimazawa T,Yakuo I,Aoki M,Koda A,Kasahara M

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins are widely used hypocholesterolemic drugs that block the mevalonate pathway. Some studies have shown that statins may have the potential to inhibit intervertebral disk (IVD) degeneration (IDD). Interleukin (IL)-1β, a catabolic cytokine, is a key regulator of IDD. This study aimed to investigate the mechanism u...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Tu J,Li W,Zhang Y,Wu X,Song Y,Kang L,Liu W,Wang K,Li S,Hua W,Yang C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects were studied of the non-specific phosphodiesterase inhibitor, theophylline (37.5-300 microM), on intracellular levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and superoxide generation following exposure of human neutrophils to four different stimuli of neutrophil membrane-associated oxidative metabolism, ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Mahomed AG,Theron AJ,Anderson R,Feldman C

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to determine the mechanism of papain action in causing an emphysema-like lesion in hamsters, the number and types of cells and the activities of two lysosomal enzymes in the lung were determined after papain exposure. Three and four weeks after a 3-h exposure to an aerosol of 3% papain the following alter...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Ackerman NR,Corkey R,Perkins D

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed at characterizing the phenotype and functions of adherent synovial fluid (SF) cells derived from rheumatoid arthritis (RA), comparing with fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) derived from RA synovial tissue (ST). Adherent SF-derived cells were spindle-shaped from passages 1-6 under light microsc...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Ahn JK,Kim H,Lee J,Bae EK,Cha HS,Koh EM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke is a major cause of death and motor disabilities all over the world. It is a muti-factorial disorder associated with inflammatory, apoptotic, and oxidative responses. Nateglinide (NAT), an insulinotropic agent used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, recently showed potential anti-inflammato...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Saad MAE,Fahmy MIM,Al-Shorbagy M,Assaf N,Hegazy AAE,El-Yamany MF

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can promote vasa vasorum (VV) proliferation for atherosclerosis in vivo is unclear. Eighteen rabbits with atherosclerosis were randomly assigned into one of three groups of six. Group A received biweekly injections of 10 mL saline after 2 weeks of balloon injury. Groups B and C receive...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Tian J,Hu S,Han X,Dong N,Yu H,Sun Y,Yu B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysate and serum levels of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) were analyzed in patients with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Samples from the peritoneal effluent and from serum were obtained ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Brauner A,Hylander B,Lu Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NO generation in the course of two acute, non immune, inflammatory reactions (pleurisy induced by rat isologous serum and carrageenan) was assessed by means of nitrite measurement in pleural exudate from 0.5 to 24 h. NO release varied time-dependently, similarly for the two inflammatory reactions. A first, but transie...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Regnault C,Roch-Arveiller M,Florentin I,Giroud JP,Postaire E,Delaforge M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-reactive protein (CRP) is a much used biomarker for respiratory tract infection; however, the influence of airway infection on the CRP level in the general population has not been well described. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of recent symptoms of airway infection on the CRP level and how the predictive pow...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Melbye H,Amundsen K,Brox J,Eggen AE

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although assist ventilation with FIO2 0.21 is the preferable mode of ventilation in the intensive care unit, sometimes controlled ventilation with hyperoxia is needed. But the impact of this setting has not been extensively studied in elderly subjects. We hypothesized that a high fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO(2)) a...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Andrade PV,dos Santos JM,Silva HC,Wilbert DD,Cavassani SS,Oliveira-Júnior IS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological effects of asiatic acid (AA) on spinal cord injury (SCI)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) have not been investigated. We aimed to investigate the therapeutic efficacy and molecular mechanisms of AA on SCI-induced ALI. One-hundred and fifty Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to five groups: sham, ...

journal_title：Inflammation

authors： Jiang W,Li M,He F,Yao W,Bian Z,Wang X,Zhu L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00