Comparative genomic hybridization array analysis and real-time PCR reveals genomic copy number alteration for lung adenocarcinomas.

abstract：:A 15-year-old male had a history of increasing dyspnea on exertion, cough, sputum production, fever, weakness, hemoptysis, and diarrhea. Chest radiography demonstrated bilateral alveolar consolidation. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis revealed extensive hemosiderin-laden alveolar macrophages. On the basis of iron...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Hoca NT,Dayioglu D,Ogretensoy M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA) caused by inhaled organic environmental allergens can progress to a fibrotic end-stage lung disease. Neovascularization plays an important role in pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of sera from EAA patients on the angiogenic capabilit...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Zielonka TM,Demkow U,Filewska M,Bialas B,Zycinska K,Radzikowska E,Wardyn AK,Skopinska-Rozewska E

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The cardinal symptom of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is dyspnea on exertion, leading to decreased activity in daily living. The aim of this study was to analyze daily physical activity in incident patients with arterial or chronic thromboembolic PH (PAH/CTEPH) and to investigate its correlation with pulmona...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Saxer S,Lichtblau M,Berlier C,Hasler ED,Schwarz EI,Ulrich S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that a low concentration of exogenously applied vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) suppresses the release of acetylcholine (ACh) from vagus nerve terminals in the ferret and feline trachea. There has been, however, no documentation of the prejunctional action of VIP in the human airway. We observ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Aizawa H,Inoue H,Shigyo M,Takata S,Koto H,Matsumoto K,Hara N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem worldwide and is proved to be the number three cause of death in globally. The objective of this study was to explore the molecular mechanism of the progression of COPD. METHODS:Using the GSE1650 affymetrix microarray data acces...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Ye J,Wen L,Liu DL,Lai GX

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of azelastine and some selected compounds on ciliary beating frequency (CBF) was investigated in vitro using human mucosal samples and in vivo using anesthetized guinea pigs. Further influence of azelastine on mucus secretion was evaluated in mice and on mucociliary clearance in anesthetized rabbits. Azelas...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Achterrath-Tuckermann U,Saano V,Minker E,Stroman F,Arny I,Joki S,Nuutinen J,Szelenyi I

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) levels have been reported to be lower in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) than in controls; however the mechanism(s) responsible and the effect on pathogenesis are unclear. The objective of these studies was to determine if the low levels of gas phase NO (gNO) could be reproduced ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Ostrowski LE,Stewart D,Hazucha M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In critically ill patients, endotracheal intubation is associated with a high risk of complications, including severe hypoxemia and hypotension. The purpose of this review is to discuss the definitions, complications, airway assessment, and patient optimization with respect to these patients. In addition, we present d...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Griesdale DE,Henderson WR,Green RS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients present with muscle dysfunction that may not correlate with the degree of severity of airflow obstruction. Historically, the strength deficit of the knee extensor musculature (quadriceps) has been described as an independent factor of mortalit...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Pleguezuelos E,Guirao L,Moreno E,Samitier B,Ortega P,Vila X,Garnacho-Castaño MV,Majó M,Ovejero L,Miravitlles M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This multi-centred, randomised controlled trial explored the effects of adding ongoing feedback to a 12-month unsupervised maintenance walking program, on daily physical activity (PA) in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Participants were randomised to either an intervention group (IG) or a usual care...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Wootton SL,Hill K,Alison JA,Ng LWC,Jenkins S,Eastwood PR,Hillman DR,Jenkins C,Spencer LM,Cecins N,McKeough ZJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to COPD has dismal prognosis. We reviewed the long-term effect of PH-target therapy in severe PH-COPD. METHOD:Patients attending our PH-clinic were reviewed for PH-COPD receiving PH-target therapy. Baseline characteristics, death/transplantation until 2014, therapy, NYHA functio...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Fossati L,Müller-Mottet S,Hasler E,Speich R,Bloch KE,Huber LC,Ulrich Somaini S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) pleurisy is accepted to be the best model for evaluating the local protective cellular immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) since it can be spontaneously self-cured. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the involvement of cytokines and the soluble apoptosis-modulating factors sFas and sFasL...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Budak F,Uzaslan EK,Cangür S,Göral G,Oral HB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of vitamin E deficiency on bleomycin (BLM)-induced pulmonary fibrosis have been studied by analyses of pressure volume (PV) curves and morphological examinations. Golden hamsters were divided into groups on a control diet (group C), vitamin E-deficient diet (E), control diet with BLM treatment (CB), and vi...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Nakamura H,Sato S,Takahashi K

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：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：:This study demonstrates for the first time that endothelial cells freshly isolated from small pulmonary arteries of the rat, based on their electrophysiological profile, possess two distinct populations of cells. Immunohistochemical staining revealed the presence of both anti-Kv1.5 and anti-Kir2.1 immunoreactivity in ...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Hogg DS,McMurray G,Kozlowski RZ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine the effects of thromboxane A2 (TxA2) on the distribution of vascular resistance, lung weight, and microvascular permeability in isolated dog lungs perfused at a constant pressure with autologous blood. The stable TxA2 analogue (STA2; 30 micrograms, n = 5) caused an increase in pulm...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Shibamoto T,Wang HG,Yamaguchi Y,Hayashi T,Saeki Y,Tanaka S,Koyama S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated outcomes of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) according to the changes in red cell distribution width (RDW). METHODS:For 980 adults, clinical characteristics, outcomes during hospitalization for CAP (transfer to the intensive care unit, treatment with mechanical vent...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Gorelik O,Izhakian S,Barchel D,Almoznino-Sarafian D,Tzur I,Swarka M,Beberashvili I,Feldman L,Cohen N,Shteinshnaider M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tree-in-bud (TIB) is a radiologic pattern seen on high-resolution chest CT reflecting bronchiolar mucoid impaction occasionally with additional involvement of adjacent alveoli. Its microbiologic significance has not been systematically evaluated. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to establish the incidence of the TIB pat...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Shimon G,Yonit WW,Gabriel I,Naama BR,Nissim A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are most commonly associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Patients with PAVMs can present with serious complications including stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), and brain abscess. PAVMs are rare in non-HHT patients and little is known abo...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Albitar HAH,Segraves JM,Almodallal Y,Pinto CA,De Moraes AG,Iyer VN

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of beta 2-adrenoceptor agonists on airway smooth muscle relaxation may be subject to desensitization. It could be modified by glucocorticosteroid treatment. An increase in the beta 2 agonist response by glucocorticosteroids in vitro has been described. We studied the effects of acute and chronic treatment w...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Seco AJ,Salgueiro ME,Manso G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaginic antibodies in hay fever patients belong to IgE. The immunoglobulin sensitizes basophilic granulocytes and mast cells from homologous species and mediates the release of chemical mediators which cause allergic symptoms. The sensitization is due to the binding of IgE to receptors on the target cells through the...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Ishizaka K,Ishizaka T

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare, progressive, frequently lethal cystic lung disease that almost exclusively affects women. Prognostic information in LAM has been limited by small numbers and heterogeneous study methodology. Early retrospective cohorts cited 5- and 10-year mortality of 40 and 80 %, resp...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Oprescu N,McCormack FX,Byrnes S,Kinder BW

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：PURPOSE:Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease of unknown etiology with heterogeneous outcomes. This study reviewed the clinical outcome status (COS) and organ involvement of Israeli sarcoidosis patients during a five-year period. Further, we compared our results to the 'World Association of Sarcoi...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Markevitz N,Epstein Shochet G,Levi Y,Israeli-Shani L,Shitrit D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of T-cells after lung transplant (LTx) remains controversial with no current consensus of their role concerning chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Using flow cytometry to assess T-cell subsets of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in 16 cystic fibrosis (CF) LTx recipients, we identified a decline in...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Hayes D Jr,Harhay MO,Nicol KK,Liyanage NPM,Keller BC,Robinson RT

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of cough variant asthma is poorly understood. In particular, the mechanisms that cause different symptoms in typical asthma (in which wheeze predominates) compared with cough variant asthma (in which cough predominates) have not been determined. Traditional explanations include higher wheezing thre...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Lougheed MD,Turcotte SE,Fisher T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary endarterectomy is the treatment of choice in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Modern pulmonary vasoactive medication (like endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, and prostacyclins) is used in patients with an inoperable disease and improved progn...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Scholzel BE,Post MC,Thijs Plokker HW,Snijder RJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Current guidelines recommend the use of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) for most haemodynamically stable patients with pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), however, it is not clear whether LMWH is preferable to unfractionated heparin (UFH) for the treatment of massive PTE. We aimed to compare the use of LMWH ve...

journal_title：Lung

authors： Ucar EY,Akgun M,Araz O,Tas H,Kerget B,Meral M,Kaynar H,Saglam L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoniazid (INH) is one of the most important first line drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis. We utilized high performance liquid chromatography with a hydrazone extraction technique to measure INH in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid specimens from six patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis. We found BAL flui...

journal_title：Lung

authors： O'Brien JK,Doerfler ME,Harkin TJ,Rom WN

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00