Glutathione s-transferases M1 and P1 prevent aggravation of allergic responses by secondhand smoke.

abstract：:From an Aspergillus fumigatus complementary deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA) library displayed on phage surface, an allergen formally termed rAsp f 3 was cloned. The open-reading frame of the cloned gene for the allergen encodes a protein of 168 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 18.5 kD, showing 36% identity ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hemmann S,Blaser K,Crameri R

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral respiratory tract infections are associated with an acute increase in airway responsiveness in normal subjects and patients with asthma. Airway responsiveness is also increased at least transiently in animals during acute viral infections. In this article, we discuss possible mechanisms whereby viral infections ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hegele RG,Hayashi S,Hogg JC,Paré PD

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma level of fibrinogen is felt to be an independent risk factor for vascular events. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has a high prevalence in patients with stroke and may also be an independent risk factor. The aim of our study was to determine the association between OSA and plasma levels of fibrinogen in patie...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wessendorf TE,Thilmann AF,Wang YM,Schreiber A,Konietzko N,Teschler H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosing alveolitis in systemic sclerosis is histologically identical to lone cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). The inflammatory cell content of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples has been used as a guide to prognosis and treatment in CFA. In this study, the relationship was ex...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Wells AU,Hansell DM,Rubens MB,Cullinan P,Haslam PL,Black CM,Du Bois RM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current evidence suggests that patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may have augmented pharyngeal dilator muscle activity during wakefulness, to compensate for deficient anatomy. However, the isolated effect of sleep on the activity of these muscles (comparing OSA patients with controls) has not been studied. W...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mezzanotte WS,Tangel DJ,White DP

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mechanically ventilated neonates, the instrumental dead space is a major determinant of total minute ventilation. By flushing this dead space, continuous tracheal gas insufflation (CTGI) may allow reduction of the risk of overinflation. We conducted a randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of CTGI in reducing ai...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dassieu G,Brochard L,Benani M,Avenel S,Danan C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observation of bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue (BALT) in whole lung specimens from healthy nonsmoking adults has questioned the hypothesis that BALT is not constitutively present in healthy adult human lungs. In our study, we investigated endobronchial biopsies of the second- and third-generation carinae from 44 c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sue-Chu M,Karjalainen EM,Altraja A,Laitinen A,Laitinen LA,Naess AB,Larsson L,Bjermer L

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Although interferon (IFN)-gamma release assays are approved for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), limited data exist regarding their performance in HIV infection. OBJECTIVES:To compare tuberculin skin test (TST) results to the commercial IFN-gamma release assay QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tub...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Luetkemeyer AF,Charlebois ED,Flores LL,Bangsberg DR,Deeks SG,Martin JN,Havlir DV

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) induces transient proliferation of alveolar type II cells (AEII) associated with surfactant alterations. To test the hypothesis that homeostasis of intracellular phospholipid stores is maintained under KGF-induced hyperplasia, we (1) collected tissue from adult rat lungs, fixed for lig...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Fehrenbach A,Bube C,Hohlfeld JM,Stevens P,Tschernig T,Hoymann HG,Krug N,Fehrenbach H

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small airway disease is thought to contribute significantly to functional impairment caused by asthma. Functional evidence of airway-parenchyma uncoupling in asthma, such as loss of deep breath bronchodilator effect in bronchoconstrictive episodes and enhanced airway closure, has been previously demonstrated. Elastic ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mauad T,Silva LF,Santos MA,Grinberg L,Bernardi FD,Martins MA,Saldiva PH,Dolhnikoff M

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Inhaled corticosteroids are commonly prescribed to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVES:To examine whether these medications might be associated with an excess risk of pneumonia. METHODS:We conducted a nested case-control study within a cohort of patients with COPD from Que...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ernst P,Gonzalez AV,Brassard P,Suissa S

更新日期：2007-07-15 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：:Airway inflammation is involved in the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a ligand for lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 alpha (LFA-1 alpha) and has been shown to be required for leukocyte migration into inflamed area. The purpose of this report was to investigate th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nagase T,Fukuchi Y,Matsuse T,Sudo E,Matsui H,Orimo H

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheezing in childhood is not a single disorder and different wheezing-associated respiratory illnesses have been recently described. We investigated the association between wheezing conditions and familial, pre-, peri-, and postnatal risk factors. We studied 16,333 children, 6 to 7 yr old, enrolled in a population-bas...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rusconi F,Galassi C,Corbo GM,Forastiere F,Biggeri A,Ciccone G,Renzoni E

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies reported linkage between maternally inherited atopy and the beta subunit of the high affinity IgE receptor (Fc epsilon RI-beta) located on chromosome 11q13. We have investigated 45 Italian families with atopic asthmatic children, for a total of 213 subjects, including 148 patients. Genotyping was carr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Martinati LC,Trabetti E,Casartelli A,Boner AL,Pignatti PF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes) syndrome is a rare variant of plasma cell dyscrasia with multiple systemic manifestations. We followed the progress of 20 patients with POEMS syndrome in our institution over a 10-yr period. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was ob...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lesprit P,Godeau B,Authier FJ,Soubrier M,Zuber M,Larroche C,Viard JP,Wechsler B,Gherardi R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Recent cohort studies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have questioned the validity of previously reported associations between inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and reductions in mortality and rehospitalization in observational studies. Using time-dependent versions of statistical survival models,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kiri VA,Pride NB,Soriano JB,Vestbo J

更新日期：2005-08-15 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：:We described here an original device for laser Doppler (LD) flowmetry measurements of gastric mucosal perfusion, which was used here in healthy volunteers. A modified nasogastric tube containing the LD probe was inserted. Aspiration via a catheter, fixed in parallel to the probe, held the probe against the gastric wal...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Duranteau J,Sitbon P,Vicaut E,Descorps-Declère A,Vigue B,Samii K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the status of activation of lymphocytes and the role of cytokines on the inflammatory response of the bronchial mucosa in toluene diisocyanate (TDI) asthma, we performed a quantitative analysis of bronchial biopsies obtained from 15 subjects with TDI-induced asthma and seven normal control subjects. Marke...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Maestrelli P,di Stefano A,Occari P,Turato G,Milani G,Pivirotto F,Mapp CE,Fabbri LM,Saetta M

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The relative contribution of body proportion and social exposures to ethnic differences in lung function has not previously been reported in the United Kingdom. OBJECTIVES:To examine ethnic differences in lung function in relation to anthropometry and social and psychosocial factors in early adolescence. ME...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Whitrow MJ,Harding S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Increased thickness of the airway smooth muscle (ASM) layer in asthma may result from hyperplasia or hypertrophy of muscle cells or increased extracellular matrix (ECM). OBJECTIVES:To relate ASM hypertrophy, ASM hyperplasia, and deposition of ECM to the severity and duration of asthma. METHODS:Airways from ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： James AL,Elliot JG,Jones RL,Carroll ML,Mauad T,Bai TR,Abramson MJ,McKay KO,Green FH

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The temporal stability of adult asthma phenotypes identified using clustering methods has never been addressed. Longitudinal cluster-based methods may provide novel insights in the study of the natural history of asthma. OBJECTIVES:To compare the stability of cluster-based asthma phenotype structures a decad...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Boudier A,Curjuric I,Basagaña X,Hazgui H,Anto JM,Bousquet J,Bridevaux PO,Dupuis-Lozeron E,Garcia-Aymerich J,Heinrich J,Janson C,Künzli N,Leynaert B,de Marco R,Rochat T,Schindler C,Varraso R,Pin I,Probst-Hensch N,Sun

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the relative contribution of ectopic calcitonin (CT) production versus nonectopic secretion of CT in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC), serum and urine immunoreactive CT (iCT) levels of 86 different subjects were measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA) using two polyclonal antisera (Ab3b and Ab4). Th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kelley MJ,Becker KL,Rushin JM,Venzon D,Phelps R,Ihde DC,Bliss DP Jr,Melby K,Snider RH,Johnson BE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major cause of morbidity and mortality following lung transplantation is posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). In a retrospective cohort analysis of pediatric patients, we evaluated the risk factors associated with PTLD in 128 first-time lung transplant recipients from 1990 to 1997. The greatest risk fa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cohen AH,Sweet SC,Mendeloff E,Mallory GB Jr,Huddleston CB,Kraus M,Kelly M,Hayashi R,DeBaun MR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the structural response of the diaphragm to controlled mechanical ventilation. We examined effects of this intervention on muscle mass, myosin heavy chain isoforms, and contractile function in the rat diaphragm. Animals were mechanically ventilated for up to 4 days, and comparisons were made with...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Yang L,Luo J,Bourdon J,Lin MC,Gottfried SB,Petrof BJ

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that primarily affects the lungs. The etiology remains unclear; however, environmental, genetic, ethnic, and familial factors probably modify expression of the disease. As an example, African Americans are at greater risk of mortality and morbidity th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Martin WJ 2nd,Iannuzzi MC,Gail DB,Peavy HH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the source of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) in normal humans, we examined the effects of respiratory pattern on the concentration of NO in exhaled air while subjects were wearing a noseclip and then under endotracheal intubation, using a specially designed gas sampling system to separate exhaled air i...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tsujino I,Miyamoto K,Nishimura M,Shinano H,Makita H,Saito S,Nakano T,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand strategies for recruiting and maintaining lung volume in acute lung injury, we examined relationships between steady-state lung volume and cumulative cyclic recruitment/derecruitment volume history and the quasi-static pressure-volume curve, in an animal saline lavage lung injury model. Small-volu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Downie JM,Nam AJ,Simon BA

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans exhibit an acute inflammatory response in the lungs after controlled laboratory exposure to ozone. The present study was designed to test whether biomarkers of inflammation are detectable in humans exposed to ozone and associated copollutants under natural conditions outdoors. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kinney PL,Nilsen DM,Lippmann M,Brescia M,Gordon T,McGovern T,El-Fawal H,Devlin RB,Rom WN

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00