Transcription factors T-bet and GATA-3 regulate development of airway remodeling.

abstract：:Epidemiologic investigation has established an association between exposure to particulate matter (PM) and human health in the Utah Valley. Reduction of particle mass during the temporary closure of a local steel mill was associated with diminished morbidity and mortality. We tested the hypothesis that the biologic ef...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ghio AJ,Devlin RB

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Asthma commonly originates in early life in association with impaired lung function, which tracks to adulthood. OBJECTIVES:Within the context of a prospective birth cohort study, we investigated the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a disintegrin and metalloprotease 33 (ADAM33) ge...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Simpson A,Maniatis N,Jury F,Cakebread JA,Lowe LA,Holgate ST,Woodcock A,Ollier WE,Collins A,Custovic A,Holloway JW,John SL

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between the extent of pulmonary emphysema, assessed by quantitative high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), and lung mechanics in 24 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The extent of emphysema was quantified as the relative lung area with CT numbers < -950 H...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Baldi S,Miniati M,Bellina CR,Battolla L,Catapano G,Begliomini E,Giustini D,Giuntini C

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonvolitional test to assess diaphragm strength in neonates has not been previously described. Our aim was to assess the feasibility of cervical (CMS) and anterior (AMS) magnetic stimulation of the phrenic nerves in neonates. Double circular stimulating coils (90-mm) were used. For CMS, one coil was placed over the ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rafferty GF,Greenough A,Dimitriou G,Kavadia V,Laubscher B,Polkey MI,Harris ML,Moxham J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is hypothesized to be influenced by genes within pathways involved with obesity, craniofacial development, inflammation, and ventilatory control. OBJECTIVES:We conducted the first candidate gene study of OSA using family data from European Americans and African Americans, select...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Larkin EK,Patel SR,Goodloe RJ,Li Y,Zhu X,Gray-McGuire C,Adams MD,Redline S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is increasingly used in the pediatric age group. However, normal values for BAL fluid (BALF) constituents are lacking. As part of an investigation to define reference values in children, we studied lymphocyte surface markers of BALF in 28 children 3 to 16 yr of age without bronchopulmonary...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ratjen F,Bredendiek M,Zheng L,Brendel M,Costabel U

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the value and applicability of tidal breathing pattern analysis to assess airflow obstruction in young children. The time needed to reach maximal tidal expiratory flow (TME) divided by total expiratory time (TE) was measured in 228 healthy children 3 to 11 yr of age, 64 patients wit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： van der Ent CK,Brackel HJ,van der Laag J,Bogaard JM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the natural history of atopic and wheezy disorders from birth to adult life in a cohort at risk of atopy. One hundred subjects born in Poole, England, were selected at birth in 1976 on the basis that at least one parent was atopic. Subjects were examined annually in the preschool years, and at the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rhodes HL,Thomas P,Sporik R,Holgate ST,Cogswell JJ

更新日期：2002-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a condition in which continuous bronchodilation may have clinical advantages. This study evaluated salmeterol, a beta-agonist bronchodilator with a duration of action substantially longer than that of short-acting beta-agonists, compared with ipratropium, an anticholiner...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rennard SI,Anderson W,ZuWallack R,Broughton J,Bailey W,Friedman M,Wisniewski M,Rickard K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of lipoxygenase metabolites in the pathogenesis of endotoxin (LPS)-induced lung injury remains to be clarified. We investigated the contribution of peptide leukotrienes to LPS-induced acute lung injury using a potent antagonist, ONO-1078 (ONO). Experimental groups consisted of a saline group (n = 10), an LPS ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ishizaka A,Hasegawa N,Sakamaki F,Tasaka S,Nakamura H,Kishikawa K,Yamada A,Obata T,Sayama K,Urano T

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of exertional dyspnea relief in response to supplemental oxygen (O2) in chronic airflow limitation (CAL) are not precisely known and are likely multifactorial. To explore factors contributing to the relief of dyspnea after oxygen administration, 11 patients with severe CAL (FEV1.0 = 39 +/- 3% predicted,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： O'Donnell DE,Bain DJ,Webb KA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CC-chemokine receptor 3 (CCR3)-stimulating chemokines are likely to have important in vivo roles in the regulation of eosinophil, basophil, and potentially helper T cell type 2 and mast cell recruitment. We have developed techniques to investigate the actions of eotaxin and other chemokines on multiple leukocyte popul...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bryan SA,Jose PJ,Topping JR,Wilhelm R,Soderberg C,Kertesz D,Barnes PJ,Williams TJ,Hansel TT,Sabroe I

更新日期：2002-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Guidelines for vasopressor titration suggest a universal target-mean arterial pressure (MAP) >65 mm Hg. The implications for patients with premorbid low/high blood pressure are unknown.Objectives: To investigate the relationship between premorbid blood pressure and vasopressor duration for patients with sho...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gershengorn HB,Stelfox HT,Niven DJ,Wunsch H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary emphysema and periodontal disease are each characterized by the uncontrolled proteolysis of connective tissue proteins by proteinases derived from human neutrophils. Although these diseases would not appear to be related in terms of the initial insult to individual tissues, the ultimate result in each diseas...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Travis J,Pike R,Imamura T,Potempa J

更新日期：1994-12-01 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

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that a nitric oxide (NO) deficiency and elevated arginase activity may play a role in the pathogenesis of asthma. Although much attention has been directed toward measurements of exhaled NO in asthma, no studies to date have evaluated levels of plasma arginase or arginine, the substrate for NO p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Morris CR,Poljakovic M,Lavrisha L,Machado L,Kuypers FA,Morris SM Jr

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a study of the reliability of peak expiratory flow (PEF) monitoring using a portable computerized peak flow meter, the VMX Mini-log, in 17 subjects referred for suspected occupational asthma. Subjects were requested to monitor their PEF six times daily using the VMX Mini-Log for 2 wk at work and at least 10 d ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Quirce S,Contreras G,Dybuncio A,Chan-Yeung M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic examination of tissue sections of mycobacterial lesions frequently results in few or no bacilli seen, even if the lesions appear active histologically. This might be due to the effects of the fixative fluid and/or organic solvent, both of which are conventionally used to make tissue sections for histopatho...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fukunaga H,Murakami T,Gondo T,Sugi K,Ishihara T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision analysis was used to compare three alternative strategies for a 6-mo course of treatment for tuberculosis: directly observed drug therapy (DOT), self-administered fixed-dose combination drug therapy, and self-administered conventional individual drug therapy. Estimates of effectiveness were obtained from the ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Moore RD,Chaulk CP,Griffiths R,Cavalcante S,Chaisson RE

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Pulmonary infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) is polymicrobial and it is possible that anaerobic bacteria, not detected by routine aerobic culture methods, reside within infected anaerobic airway mucus. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether anaerobic bacteria are present in the sputum of patients with CF. METHODS:S...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tunney MM,Field TR,Moriarty TF,Patrick S,Doering G,Muhlebach MS,Wolfgang MC,Boucher R,Gilpin DF,McDowell A,Elborn JS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test whether the leukotriene antagonist ONO-1078 (pranlukast) prevents asthma exacerbations during reduction of high-dose inhaled corticosteroid, we conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 79 asthma patients requiring high doses (1,500 microg/d or more) of inhaled beclomethasone dipropiona...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tamaoki J,Kondo M,Sakai N,Nakata J,Takemura H,Nagai A,Takizawa T,Konno K

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury was produced in C57BL/6 mice by the intratracheal (i.t.) administration of bleomycin (BLM). Following injection of 0.1 U BLM, CD3+ lymphocytes and the production of the T-helper-1 (Th1) lymphokines interleukin-2 (IL-2) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) were increased in lung and lymph nodes. The produ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sharma SK,MacLean JA,Pinto C,Kradin RL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that lung function tests using monodisperse aerosols can help to identify early stages of lung diseases. We investigated intrapulmonary particle loss and aerosol bolus dispersion-a marker of convective gas transport-in 32 women with asymptomatic nonspecific bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kohlhäufl M,Brand P,Scheuch G,Meyer TS,Schulz H,Häussinger K,Heyder J

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bactericidal activities of several once-weekly rifapentine (P)-containing combination regimens against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and their ability to prevent the selection of rifampin (R)-resistant mutants, were compared with those of the standard six-times-weekly regimen consisting of R, isoniazid (H), and pyra...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Grosset J,Lounis N,Truffot-Pernot C,O'Brien RJ,Raviglione MC,Ji B

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the intensity of aerobic training is limited by dyspnea. Improving strength of the inspiratory muscles could enhance aerobic exercise training by reducing exercise-related dyspnea. We examined effects of home-based inspiratory muscle training (IMT) and cycl...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Larson JL,Covey MK,Wirtz SE,Berry JK,Alex CG,Langbein WE,Edwards L

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:To elucidate the apparent contradictions in vascular remodeling in the lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, we evaluated alveolar vascularity in relation to the various degrees of fibrosis in surgically biopsied lungs of usual interstitial pneumonia. Alveolar capillary endothelial cells were intensely...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ebina M,Shimizukawa M,Shibata N,Kimura Y,Suzuki T,Endo M,Sasano H,Kondo T,Nukiwa T

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Colonization of lower airways by Staphylococcus aureus is a risk factor for the development of ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). However, little is known about the virulence factors of methicillin-sensitive and -resistant S. aureus (MSSA and MRSA) that ma...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Stulik L,Malafa S,Hudcova J,Rouha H,Henics BZ,Craven DE,Sonnevend AM,Nagy E

更新日期：2014-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although research supports a sleep-disordered breathing and atrial fibrillation association, prospective data examining sleep-disordered breathing predicting incident atrial fibrillation are lacking. OBJECTIVES:To investigate sleep-disordered breathing indices as predictors of incident atrial fibrillation. ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： May AM,Blackwell T,Stone PH,Stone KL,Cawthon PM,Sauer WH,Varosy PD,Redline S,Mehra R,MrOS Sleep (Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men) Study Group.

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively investigated the lower airway response in boilermakers overhauling an oil-powered boiler. We studied 26 male boilermakers with a mean age (SD) of 43.3 (8.6) yr. Pre-exposure spirometry and methacholine challenge tests were performed before beginning the boiler overhaul; postexposure tests were perform...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hauser R,Elreedy S,Hoppin JA,Christiani DC

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00