Human mononuclear phagocytes express the insulin-like growth factor-II/mannose-6-phosphate receptor.

abstract：:Airway remodeling is strongly correlated with the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this study, our goal was to characterize progressive structural changes in site-specific airways, along with the temporal and spatial expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the lungs of male s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hoang LL,Nguyen YP,Aspeé R,Bolton SJ,Shen YH,Wang L,Kenyon NJ,Smiley-Jewell S,Pinkerton KE

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus (IAV) infection is known to induce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, Fas-dependent apoptosis, and TGF-β production in a variety of cells. However, the relationship between these events in murine primary tracheal epithelial cells (MTECS), which are considered one of the primary sites of IAV infection...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Roberson EC,Tully JE,Guala AS,Reiss JN,Godburn KE,Pociask DA,Alcorn JF,Riches DW,Dienz O,Janssen-Heininger YM,Anathy V

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway epithelial cells cultured at the air-liquid interface possess highly differentiated functions and structures compared with the cells cultured under immersion. We examined the oxidative metabolism and glycolysis in cow tracheal epithelial cells on Days 3, 6, 10, and 13, cultured under three different conditions:...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kondo M,Tamaoki J,Sakai A,Kameyama S,Kanoh S,Konno K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that high tidal volumes can cause interstitial and alveolar edema, with degradation of pulmonary epithelial barrier integrity. Separate studies have shown that F-actin disruption and decreased intracellular ATP (ATP(i)) levels in the nonpulmonary epithelium can increase tight junctio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cavanaugh KJ Jr,Oswari J,Margulies SS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A deficiency strongly predicts the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) in individuals exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The burden of antibiotic-resistant TB is increasing globally; therefore, there is an urgent need to develop host-directed adjunctive therapies to treat TB. Alveolar macrophages, t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Coleman MM,Basdeo SA,Coleman AM,Cheallaigh CN,Peral de Castro C,McLaughlin AM,Dunne PJ,Harris J,Keane J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that the asthma-associated proinflammatory eicosanoid leukotriene D4 (LTD4) is co-mitogenic with insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) in airway smooth-muscle (ASM) cells in vitro. This synergistic effect of LTD4 and IGF on ASM cell growth involves proteolysis of ASM-produced IGF binding p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Rajah R,Nachajon RV,Collins MH,Hakonarson H,Grunstein MM,Cohen P

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloride (Cl(-)) movement across fetal lung epithelia is thought to be mediated by the sodium-potassium-2-Cl(-) cotransporter NKCC1. We studied the role of NKCC1 in Cl(-) and liquid secretion in late-gestation NKCC-null (-/-) and littermate control fetal mouse lung. NKCC -/- mice had decreased lung water compared with...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gillie DJ,Pace AJ,Coakley RJ,Koller BH,Barker PM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic fibrosing lung disease of indeterminate etiology and limited therapeutic options. The initiation, development, and progression of IPF are influenced by genetic predisposition, aging, and host and environmental factors, but the magnitude of the contribution of each of th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Pardo A,Selman M

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos causes asbestosis and malignancies by mechanisms that are not fully established. Alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) injury and repair are crucial determinants of the fibrogenic potential of noxious agents such as asbestos. We previously showed that mitochondrial reactive oxygen species mediate asbestos-induced AE...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cheresh P,Morales-Nebreda L,Kim SJ,Yeldandi A,Williams DB,Cheng Y,Mutlu GM,Budinger GR,Ridge K,Schumacker PT,Bohr VA,Kamp DW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CT) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis by type II pneumocytes of phosphatidylcholine (PC), the predominant phospholipid in lung surfactant. Augmentation of endogenous CT activity might therefore result in enhanced surfactant PC production. To test this hypothesis, ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Li J,Marsh JJ,Spragg RG

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the potential of several epithelial-derived factors to enhance neutrophil activation and survival. Neutrophils incubated in the presence of supernatants from nasal-derived primary epithelial cultures had significantly increased survival compared with neutrophils cultured in media alone. Of the cytokines re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Daffern PJ,Jagels MA,Hugli TE

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular events involved in generating the hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction response are not clearly understood, in part because of the multitude of factors that alter pulmonary vascular tone. The goal of the present studies was to determine if a cell culture preparation containing vascular smooth muscle (VSM) c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Murray TR,Chen L,Marshall BE,Macarak EJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin lipopolysaccharide and the cytokines, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1), are known to protect adult rats against O2 toxicity. However, whether the effect of endotoxin is mediated by these cytokines is not clear. We have previously demonstrated that depletion of 84% rat alveolar macrophages...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tang G,White JE,Lumb PD,Lawrence DA,Tsan MF

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that interleukin (IL)-23, an IL-12-family cytokine, can be released by certain antigen-presenting cells in response to bacterial pathogens. Recent in vitro studies indicate that this cytokine stimulates a unique subset of CD4 cells, the T helper cell (Th)17 subset, to produce and release the proinflammator...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ivanov S,Bozinovski S,Bossios A,Valadi H,Vlahos R,Malmhäll C,Sjöstrand M,Kolls JK,Anderson GP,Lindén A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural organization may occur after empyema or complicated parapneumonic effusion and can result in restrictive lung disease with pleural fibrosis (PF). Pleural mesothelial cells; PMCs, may contribute to PF through acquisition of a profibrotic phenotype; meso-mesenchymal transition (MesoMT), which is characterized by...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Qin W,Jeffers A,Owens S,Chauhan P,Komatsu S,Qian G,Guo X,Ikebe M,Idell S,Tucker TA

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen-mediated lung injury can stimulate a fibroproliferative response resulting in the alteration of the pulmonary extracellular matrix and subsequent scarring of parenchymal tissue. Fibronectin (FN), a component of the extracellular matrix, appears in increased quantities in fibrotic lung disease. Alveolar macropha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sinkin RA,LoMonaco MB,Finkelstein JN,Watkins RH,Cox C,Horowitz S

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A defining feature of acute lung injury (ALI) is the increased lung vascular permeability and alveolar flooding, which leads to associated morbidity and mortality. Specific therapies to alleviate the unremitting vascular leak in ALI are not currently clinically available; however, our prior studies indicate a protecti...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zhao Y,Gorshkova IA,Berdyshev E,He D,Fu P,Ma W,Su Y,Usatyuk PV,Pendyala S,Oskouian B,Saba JD,Garcia JG,Natarajan V

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal nicotine exposure impairs normal lung development and leads to diminished pulmonary function after birth. Previous work from our laboratory has demonstrated that nicotine alters lung development by affecting a nonneuronal cholinergic autocrine loop that is expressed in lung. Bronchial epithelial cells (BECs) ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fu XW,Lindstrom J,Spindel ER

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) exerts many biological effects in airways, including bronchoconstriction, airway mucus secretion, cell proliferation, and inflammation. We investigated the effect of ET-1 on Na absorption and Cl secretion in human bronchial epithelial cells. Addition of 10(-7) M ET-1 had no effect on the inhibition...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Blouquit S,Sari A,Lombet A,D'herbomez M,Naline E,Matran R,Chinet T

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone interferes with the endocytic pathway, inhibits proteolysis, and causes the formation of vacuoles, but uptake and intracellular distribution of the drug, origin of vacuoles, and functional consequences of amiodarone accumulation remain unclear. Our objective was to study amiodarone uptake, clarify the origi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Stadler K,Ha HR,Ciminale V,Spirli C,Saletti G,Schiavon M,Bruttomesso D,Bigler L,Follath F,Pettenazzo A,Baritussio A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The doxycycline-inducible, gene regulatory system allows tight control of transgene expression for the study of organ development and disease pathogenesis. Multiple recent reports have employed this model to investigate various lung diseases including emphysema. For our study, we used this transgenic system to test wh...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sisson TH,Hansen JM,Shah M,Hanson KE,Du M,Ling T,Simon RH,Christensen PJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lethal genetic disease characterized by progressive lung damage and airway obstruction. The majority of patients demonstrate airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), which is associated with more rapid lung function decline. Recent studies in the neonatal CF pig demonstrated airway smooth muscle (AS...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kramer EL,Madala SK,Hudock KM,Davidson C,Clancy JP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:German cockroach extract synergistically regulates tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced interleukin (IL)-8 expression in human airway epithelial cells. The IL-8 promoter contains nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, activating protein (AP)-1, and NF for IL-6 (NF-IL6) transcription factor binding regions. Because coc...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Page K,Hughes VS,Odoms KK,Dunsmore KE,Hershenson MB

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential for innate and adaptive immunity, but are purported to exhibit variable radiosensitivity in response to irradiation in various bone marrow transplantation (BMT) protocols. To address this controversy, we analyzed the magnitude of depletion and repopulation of both lung CD11b(pos) DC...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hahn I,Klaus A,Maus R,Christman JW,Welte T,Maus UA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand asthma pathogenesis, we characterized airway responsiveness, lung inflammation, and mediator production of alveolar macrophages (AM) after allergen sensitization and challenge in two strains of rats showing different susceptibilities in developing airway allergic reactions. Airway responsiveness t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Careau E,Sirois J,Bissonnette EY

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms of protective immunity to mycobacterial infection in the lung remain poorly defined. In this study, T-cell subset expansion and cytokine expression in bronchoalveolar spaces, lung parenchyma, and mediastinal lymph nodes of mice infected intratracheally with Mycobacterium bovis-Calmette-Guerin bacillus (BCG)...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fulton SA,Martin TD,Redline RW,Henry Boom W

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study utilized the monocrotaline (MCT) model of pulmonary hypertension in rats to examine temporal alterations in steady-state levels of basement membrane (BM) component mRNA and deposition of protein using Northern analysis and immunohistochemistry, respectively. MCT (60 mg/kg, subcutaneous) produced sust...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lipke DW,Arcot SS,Gillespie MN,Olson JW

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the fibrogenic effects of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) might be mediated by connective tissue growth factor (CTGF). The present study investigates the role of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase in the expression of CTGF mRNA in the human lung fibroblast line, HFL-1. TGF-beta1 enhanced CTGF mR...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Utsugi M,Dobashi K,Ishizuka T,Masubuchi K,Shimizu Y,Nakazawa T,Mori M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00