Simvastatin inhibits cigarette smoking-induced emphysema and pulmonary hypertension in rat lungs.

abstract：RATIONALE:Infection with Pneumocystis, an opportunistic fungal pathogen, can result in fulminant pneumonia in the clinical setting of patients with immunosuppression. In murine models, Pneumocystis has previously been shown to induce a CD4+ T cell-dependent eosinophilic response in the lung capable of providing protect...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Eddens T,Campfield BT,Serody K,Manni ML,Horne W,Elsegeiny W,McHugh KJ,Pociask D,Chen K,Zheng M,Alcorn JF,Wenzel S,Kolls JK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a pulmonary nodular lesion in an immunocompetent patient documented at open lung biopsy to be due to Mycobacterium haemophilum. This organism has recently been recognized as a cause of disease in immunocompromised patients, presenting predominantly as skin lesions, arthritis, and rarely pneumonia....

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： White DA,Kiehn TE,Bondoc AY,Massarella SA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 116 Italian atopic families (560 individuals) for linkage with 13 DNA markers on chromosome 12. All the subjects were phenotyped for asthma, total serum IgE, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, skin-prick positivity to common aeroallergens, and atopy. A relative location map of the markers was prepared from...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Malerba G,Lauciello MC,Scherpbier T,Trabetti E,Galavotti R,Cusin V,Pescollderungg L,Zanoni G,Martinati LC,Boner AL,Levitt RC,Pignatti PF

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) show a poor response to corticosteroids. This has been linked to a reduction of histone deacetylase-2 as a result of oxidative stress and is reversed by theophylline. OBJECTIVES:To determine the role of phosphoinositide-3-kinase-delta (PI3K-δ) on the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： To Y,Ito K,Kizawa Y,Failla M,Ito M,Kusama T,Elliott WM,Hogg JC,Adcock IM,Barnes PJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a common chronic disease without cure. Our understanding of asthma onset, pathobiology, classification, and management has evolved substantially over the past decade; however, significant asthma-related morbidity and excess healthcare use and costs persist. To address this important clinical condition, the N...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Levy BD,Noel PJ,Freemer MM,Cloutier MM,Georas SN,Jarjour NN,Ober C,Woodruff PG,Barnes KC,Bender BG,Camargo CA Jr,Chupp GL,Denlinger LC,Fahy JV,Fitzpatrick AM,Fuhlbrigge A,Gaston BM,Hartert TV,Kolls JK,Lynch SV,Moo

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuously mixed series of microbial communities inhabits various points of the respiratory tract, with community composition determined by distance from colonization sources, colonization rates, and extinction rates. Ecology and evolution theory developed in the context of biogeography is relevant to clinical mic...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Whiteson KL,Bailey B,Bergkessel M,Conrad D,Delhaes L,Felts B,Harris JK,Hunter R,Lim YW,Maughan H,Quinn R,Salamon P,Sullivan J,Wagner BD,Rainey PB

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the anti-asthmatic effects of powerful anti-inflammatory agents such as aspirin-like drugs. We compared the effects of two aspirin-like drugs with different pharmacologic activities, sodium salicylate (SSA) and indomethacin, with the effect of lysine acetylsalicylate (LASA), inhaled 30 min before...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sestini P,Refini RM,Pieroni MG,Vaghi A,Robuschi M,Bianco S

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Possible mechanisms involved in inhaled sodium metabisulfite (MBS)-induced bronchoconstriction include cholinergic reflex and release of tachykinins from sensory nerve endings. Tachykinins are potent bronchoconstrictors cleaved and inactivated by neutral endopeptidase (NEP) in the airways. To investigate the role of t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bellofiore S,Caltagirone F,Pennisi A,Ciancio N,Mistretta A,Di Maria GU

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Roflumilast is a therapeutic agent in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has antiinflammatory effects; however, it is not known whether it can affect a biologic pathway implicated in COPD pathogenesis and progression. The self-propagating acetyl-proline-glycine-proline (AcPGP) p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wells JM,Jackson PL,Viera L,Bhatt SP,Gautney J,Handley G,King RW,Xu X,Gaggar A,Bailey WC,Dransfield MT,Blalock JE

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Outcome measures that integrate mortality and morbidity, like quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), have been proposed for critical care clinical trials. OBJECTIVES:We sought to describe the distribution of QALYs in critically ill patients and estimate sample size requirements for a hypothetical trial using Q...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ferguson ND,Scales DC,Pinto R,Wilcox ME,Cook DJ,Guyatt GH,Schünemann HJ,Marshall JC,Herridge MS,Meade MO,Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early stage of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is thought to involve a smaller number of alveoli and to be characterized predominantly by cellularity and minimal fibrosis, whereas advanced disease involves a large number of alveoli and is characterized predominantly by fibrosis with minimal cellularity. In add...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cherniack RM,Colby TV,Flint A,Thurlbeck WM,Waldron JA Jr,Ackerson L,Schwarz MI,King TE Jr

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Surfactant protein D (SP-D), a 43-kD collectin, is synthesized and secreted by airway epithelia as a dodecamer formed by assembly of four trimeric subunits. We have previously shown that the quaternary structure of SP-D can be altered during inflammatory lung injury through its modification by S-nitrosylation...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Atochina-Vasserman EN,Winkler C,Abramova H,Schaumann F,Krug N,Gow AJ,Beers MF,Hohlfeld JM

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma and chronic bronchitis are inflammatory diseases with extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling and collagen deposition. Collagen homeostasis is controlled by metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). We evaluated MMP and TIMP balance in induced sputum of 10 control, 31 untreate...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vignola AM,Riccobono L,Mirabella A,Profita M,Chanez P,Bellia V,Mautino G,D'accardi P,Bousquet J,Bonsignore G

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of strain difference in the response to cigarette smoke was investigated in mice. Mice of the strains DBA/2 and C57BL/6J responded to acute cigarette smoke with a decrease of the antioxidant defenses of their bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids. On the other hand, under these conditions ICR mice increased the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cavarra E,Bartalesi B,Lucattelli M,Fineschi S,Lunghi B,Gambelli F,Ortiz LA,Martorana PA,Lungarella G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between asthma medication and the perception of asthma symptoms is of interest for daily practice. Poor perception of asthma symptoms might influence patients' health care behavior and subsequently might lead to undertreatment and deterioration of their disease. This study investigated the influence o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bijl-Hofland ID,Cloosterman SG,Folgering HT,van den Elshout FJ,van Weel C,van Schayck CP

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:IL-9 is a pleiotropic cytokine that has multiple effects on structural as well as numerous hematopoietic cells, which are central to the pathogenesis of asthma. OBJECTIVES:The contribution of IL-9 to asthma pathogenesis has thus far been unclear, due to conflicting reports in the literature. These earlier st...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kearley J,Erjefalt JS,Andersson C,Benjamin E,Jones CP,Robichaud A,Pegorier S,Brewah Y,Burwell TJ,Bjermer L,Kiener PA,Kolbeck R,Lloyd CM,Coyle AJ,Humbles AA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a systemic, granulomatous disorder with a high rate of spontaneous remission indicating the presence of antiinflammatory mechanisms. Antiinflammatory mediators such as interleukin-10 (IL-10) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) should be able to induce spontaneous remission of sarcoidosis. By ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zissel G,Homolka J,Schlaak J,Schlaak M,Müller-Quernheim J

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Great emphasis is placed on educating asthmatics to use action plans to achieve better control of symptoms. The use of peak flow meters (PFM) has been recommended as an important part of self-management plans. We studied 92 (47 F) adult patients with asthma in a primary care setting to compare the effectiveness of act...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Turner MO,Taylor D,Bennett R,Fitzgerald JM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the influence of pulmonary bacteriology and histology on the yield of diagnostic procedures in a clinically relevant model of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP). Twenty-seven piglets entered a 4-d protocol of ventilatory support under general anesthesia. Endotracheal aspirates (EA), protected specimen...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wermert D,Marquette CH,Copin MC,Wallet F,Fraticelli A,Ramon P,Tonnel AB

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Although airway inflammation is recognized as a key feature of asthma, the characteristics of airway inflammation in children with acute severe asthma are not well defined. The aim of this study was to describe the characteristics of airway inflammation in children with an acute exacerbation of asthma using sputum cel...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Norzila MZ,Fakes K,Henry RL,Simpson J,Gibson PG

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to assess the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), as both represent important parameters of outcome after lung transplantation. HRQOL was measured both cross-sectionally and longitudinally by standardized patient self...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： van Den BERG JW,Geertsma A,van Der BIJ W,Koëter GH,de BOER WJ,Postma DS,ten VERGERT EM

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of two body positions (supine and semirecumbency) on the dynamics of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in 15 patients requiring mechanical ventilation and having a nasogastric tube in place. Samples of gastric contents, pharyngeal and bronchial secretions, and blood were ob...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Orozco-Levi M,Torres A,Ferrer M,Piera C,el-Ebiary M,de la Bellacasa JP,Rodriguez-Roisin R

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Numerous studies have been published on the new Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific IFN-gamma release assays. However, their prognostic value for progression from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active TB has yet to be established. OBJECTIVES:To compare the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay (QF...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Diel R,Loddenkemper R,Meywald-Walter K,Niemann S,Nienhaus A

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine if a synthetic peptide, KLLLLKLLLLKLLLLKLLLLK (KL4), in which K = lysine and L = leucine, in an aqueous dispersion of phospholipids (DPPC and POPG), would expand pulmonary alveoli and improve gas exchange in premature human infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)....

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cochrane CG,Revak SD,Merritt TA,Heldt GP,Hallman M,Cunningham MD,Easa D,Pramanik A,Edwards DK,Alberts MS

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of cigarette smoking and smoking cessation on rate of FEV1 decline over 6 yr were examined in 4,451 Japanese-American men from the Honolulu Heart Program who were 45 to 68 yr of age at baseline (1965-1968). Within-person regression was used to calculate annual change in FEV1. Rates of FEV1 decline varied stron...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Burchfiel CM,Marcus EB,Curb JD,Maclean CJ,Vollmer WM,Johnson LR,Fong KO,Rodriguez BL,Masaki KH,Buist AS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to elucidate the relationships between pleural (Ppl), esophageal (Pes), and superimposed gravitational pressures in acute lung injury, and to understand the mechanisms of recruitment and derecruitment. In six dogs with oleic acid respiratory failure, we measured Pes and Ppl in the uppermost, middle, and most ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pelosi P,Goldner M,McKibben A,Adams A,Eccher G,Caironi P,Losappio S,Gattinoni L,Marini JJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder in adults; however, whether mild OSA has significant neurocognitive and cardiovascular complications is uncertain. OBJECTIVES:The specific goals of this Research Statement are to appraise the evidence regarding whether long-term adverse neuro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chowdhuri S,Quan SF,Almeida F,Ayappa I,Batool-Anwar S,Budhiraja R,Cruse PE,Drager LF,Griss B,Marshall N,Patel SR,Patil S,Knight SL,Rowley JA,Slyman A,ATS Ad Hoc Committee on Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Data regarding the influence of ambient air pollution on infant bronchiolitis are few. OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the impact of several air pollutants and their sources on infant bronchiolitis. METHODS:Infants in the Georgia Air Basin of British Columbia with an inpatient or outpatient clinical encounter for b...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Karr CJ,Demers PA,Koehoorn MW,Lencar CC,Tamburic L,Brauer M

更新日期：2009-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cells and proteases that mediate cigarette smoke-induced emphysema are controversial, with evidence favoring either neutrophils and neutrophil-derived serine proteases or macrophages and macrophage-derived metalloproteases as the important effectors. We recently reported that both macrophage metalloelastase (MMP-1...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Churg A,Wang RD,Tai H,Wang X,Xie C,Dai J,Shapiro SD,Wright JL

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00