Role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase, p38 kinase, and activator protein-1 in transforming growth factor-beta1-induced alpha smooth muscle actin expression in human fetal lung fibroblasts in vitro.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia (DIPNECH) is a rare pulmonary condition, characterized by diffuse proliferation of neuroendocrine cells in the respiratory epithelium. DIPNECH lesions are less than 5 mm in size and are limited to the basement membrane with no invasion. There is li...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Myint ZW,McCormick J,Chauhan A,Behrens E,Anthony LB

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to use volumetric capnography to evaluate the breathing pattern and ventilation inhomogeneities in patients with chronic sputum production and bronchiectasis and to correlate the phase 3 slope of the capnographic curve to spirometric measurements. Twenty-four patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Veronez L,Moreira MM,Soares ST,Pereira MC,Ribeiro MA,Ribeiro JD,Terzi RG,Martins LC,Paschoal IA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that cotton dust inhalation can compromise lung function in textile workers. Challenges with a water-soluble extract of cotton bract (CBE) can also induce reversible airway obstruction in healthy volunteers. We have examined the effect of inhaled CBE in nonhuman primates and have attempted to in...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Witek TJ Jr,Gundel RH,Wegner CD,Schachter EN,Buck MG

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The goal of our systematic review and meta-analysis is to examine the therapeutic effectiveness of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR), and to compare it with medical management and lung volume reduction surgery. METHODS:Variables of interest were absolute change in FEV1, 6MWT, and SGRQ. Meta-analy...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Kumar A,Dy R,Singh K,Jeffery Mador M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to determine the time, dose, and volume responses in a mouse pulmonary injury model following ablative dose focal irradiation (ADFIR) in order to better understand normal lung injury. METHODS AND MATERIALS:ADFIR was administered to the left lung of mice using a small animal micro-irradiator. Histopath...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Hong ZY,Lee CG,Shim HS,Lee EJ,Song KH,Choi BW,Cho J,Story MD

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The angiogenesis system has been implicated in inflammatory and neoplastic processes; nevertheless, it has been little studied in relation to the pleural space. Our aim is to analyze pleural and plasma levels of the activators--vascular endothelial growth factor, basic fibroblastic growth factor, and inhibitors--endos...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Ruiz E,Alemán C,Alegre J,Monasterio J,Segura RM,Armadans L,Vázquez A,Soriano T,Fernández de Sevilla T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the lung pathogenesis of murine gammaherpesvirus (MHV-68) infection in mice that lack CC chemokine receptor CCR2, an important receptor for macrophage recruitment to sites of inflammation. BALB/c and CCR2(-/-) mice were inoculated intranasally (i.n.) with MHV-68 and samples wer...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Cadillac JM,Sigler RE,Weinberg JB,Lutzke ML,Rochford R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Survival implications of pre-transplant antibodies to human leukocyte antigens prior to lung transplantation (LTx) in adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are unknown. METHODS:Data from the United Network for Organ Sharing Registry (1987-2013) were used to compare survival differences in adult CF patients wi...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Hayes D Jr,Tumin D,Tobias JD

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic alterations in lung cancer tissues have been observed in various studies. To analyze the aberrations in the genome of lung cancer patients, we used array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH) in 15 lung adenocarcinoma (AdC) tissues. Copy number gains and losses in chromosomal regions were detected and ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Choi JS,Zheng LT,Ha E,Lim YJ,Kim YH,Wang YP,Lim Y

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessory cardiac bronchus is a poorly recognized, usually asymptomatic, congenital abnormality of the bronchial tree. Recognition of bronchial anomalies is important since they are associated with clinical complications including recurrent episodes of infection, hemoptysis, and in some cases malignancy. ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Barreiro TJ,Gemmel D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF), as well as excess of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), are present in pleural fluid of patients with complicated parapneumonic effusion (CPPE). Several studies have shown that PMNs are capable of secreting TNF. However, the correlation between levels of TNF and ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Odeh M,Sabo E,Srugo I,Oliven A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the docetaxel-carboplatin combination chemotherapy was studied in various phase II studies. Based on these data we aimed to test the regimen in previously untreated patients with advanced advanced non-smoking lung cancer (NSCLC) with docetaxel 80 mg/m2 a standard dose of carboplatin at AUC = 5, in an a...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Tsavaris N,Kosmas C,Skopelitis E,Gennatas K,Zorbala A,Papas P,Gouveris P,Antypas G,Rokana S,Tzelepis G

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive tumor of serosal surfaces that is closely associated with asbestos exposure which induces oxidative stress. Heme oxygenase (HO)-1, a rate-limiting enzyme of heme degradation, plays a protective role against oxidative stress. The HO-1 gene promoter carries (GT)n repeats...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Murakami A,Fujimori Y,Yoshikawa Y,Yamada S,Tamura K,Hirayama N,Terada T,Kuribayashi K,Tabata C,Fukuoka K,Tamaoki T,Nakano T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that systemic inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is accompanied by enhanced interleukin 18 (IL-18) expression in skeletal muscle, which may precede muscle weight loss. Twenty patients with moderate to severe COPD [12 women, 66 +/-...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Petersen AM,Penkowa M,Iversen M,Frydelund-Larsen L,Andersen JL,Mortensen J,Lange P,Pedersen BK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiectasis is characterized by deregulated inflammatory response and recurrent bacterial infection resulting in progressive lung damage and an irreversible dilatation of bronchi and bronchioles. Generally accepted model of the development of bronchiectasis is the "vicious cycle hypothesis" that proposes compromisi...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Nikolic A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Restoring the barrier integrity of the alveolar epithelium after injury is pivotal. In the current study, we evaluated the effects of surfactant, surfactant protein A (SP-A), transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), and analogues of SP-A on alveolar epithelial repair. Additionally, we assessed the influence of mic...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Willems CH,Zimmermann LJ,Langen RM,van den Bosch MJ,Kloosterboer N,Kramer BW,van Iwaarden JF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Models of pulmonary edema have been used to study the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) characteristics of lung water. Several investigators have measured changes in the relaxation times in the permeability type of pulmonary edema, but relatively few have measured relaxation times in the hydrostatic type of pulmonary e...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Shioya S,Tsuji C,Haida M,Fukuzaki M,Tanigaki T,Kurita D,Ohta Y,Yamabayashi H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown the importance of Th17 cells in the development of allergic airway diseases. We examined Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus-induced changes in peripheral blood Th17 cells to establish the importance of these cells in late-phase allergic inflammation in patients with allergic rhinitis (A...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Bajoriuniene I,Malakauskas K,Lavinskiene S,Jeroch J,Gasiuniene E,Vitkauskiene A,Sakalauskas R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six European treatment centers contributed to a controlled trial to study nocturnal hypoxemia in COPD patients having daytime PaO2 of 60-70 mmHg. The trial is composed of two parts: first, patients inclusion, taking men aged under 70 years, excluding sleep apnea syndrome and all other concomitant pathologies leading t...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Levi-Valensi P,Aubry P,Rida Z

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a progressive lung disease characterized by abnormal cellular responses to cigarette smoke, resulting in tissue destruction and airflow limitation. Autophagy is a fundamental cellular process that eliminates long-lived proteins and damaged organelles through lysosom...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Li L,Zhang M,Zhang L,Cheng Y,Tu X,Lu Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early pathogenic events in cystic fibrosis (CF) include colonization of Pseudomonas in the lung, airway inflammation, and mucus hypersecretion with airway obstruction. The primary mechanisms leading to chronic infection and inflammation are not well understood. One possible explanation for this cascade of events i...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Voynow JA,Selby DM,Rose MC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic noses (e-noses) are based on arrays of different sensor types that respond to specific features of an odorant molecule, mostly volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Differently from gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, e-noses can distinguish VOCs spectrum by pattern recognition. E-nose technology has suc...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Dragonieri S,Pennazza G,Carratu P,Resta O

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-testis antigens (CTAs) are expressed only in many cancers and limited immunoprivileged sites such as the testis and placenta. Dendritic cells (DCs) and CD8+ T lymphocytes (CTLs) play roles in the immune responses to tumor growth and may affect the prognosis of cancers. This study was designed to investigate the...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Kim SH,Lee S,Lee CH,Lee MK,Kim YD,Shin DH,Choi KU,Kim JY,Park DY,Sol MY

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The immuno-nutritional status is closely related to the prognosis in many cancers. Controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score is a new parameter that reflects the immuno-nutritional status and is prognostic in some cancers. However, the prognostic significance of the CONUT score in small cell lung cancer (SCL...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Yılmaz A,Tekin SB,Bilici M,Yılmaz H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the influence of age on glutathione (GSH) content in the distal lung and the lung tissue of mice. From 1 to 28 months of age, the quantity of GSH and glutathione disulfide (GSSG) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and in the lung tissue were determined. The GSH content in BAL fluid, which reflects the an...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Teramoto S,Fukuchi Y,Uejima Y,Teramoto K,Ito H,Orimo H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a deadly disease, and the molecular mechanism of PAH has not been clarified clearly. The objective of this study was to identify possible biomarkers and explore the potential mechanisms of Schistosoma-induced PAH. METHODS:GSE49114 RNA-Seq data developed from mouse wh...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Sun Y,Lin X,Li L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation program on 44 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were compared to a control group. The treated group was admitted to the program for a period of three months. The program consisted of several parts, such as physical training, health education, and psych...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Cox NJ,Hendricks JC,Binkhorst RA,van Herwaarden CL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar epithelial type II (AT II) cells need phosphate (Pi) for surfactant synthesis. The Na-dependent (Na(d)) Pi transporters NaPi-IIb and Pit-1 are expressed in lung, but their expression, regulation, and function in AT II cells remain unclear. We studied NaPi-IIb and Pit-1 mRNA expression in cultured AT II cells ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Jin C,Zoidis E,Ghirlanda C,Schmid C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nicorandil is a hybrid between nitrates and KATP channel opener activators. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nicorandil's effects on ischemia-reperfusion (IR) lung injury and examine the mechanism of its effects. METHODS:Isolated rat lungs were divided into 6 groups. In the sham group, the lungs were ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Abe K,Horiguchi T,Enzan K,Masaki Y,Nishikawa T,Kimura T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the extracellular matrix (collagen and elastic fibers) in pleurodesis induced by intrapleural talc (TL) or silver nitrate (SN). Study subjects were 420 rabbits divided into two groups and sacrificed from 15 min to 12 months after the injection of the sclerosing agents at intervals previously defin...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Antonangelo L,Vargas FS,Teixeira LR,Acencio MM,Vaz MA,Filho MT,Marchi E

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00