Derivation of lung epithelium from human cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder in adults; however, whether mild OSA has significant neurocognitive and cardiovascular complications is uncertain. OBJECTIVES:The specific goals of this Research Statement are to appraise the evidence regarding whether long-term adverse neuro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chowdhuri S,Quan SF,Almeida F,Ayappa I,Batool-Anwar S,Budhiraja R,Cruse PE,Drager LF,Griss B,Marshall N,Patel SR,Patil S,Knight SL,Rowley JA,Slyman A,ATS Ad Hoc Committee on Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFO) on intraalveolar expression of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene were studied in surfactant-depleted rabbits. After lung lavage with saline, 13 rabbits were administered either CMV (n = 6) or HFO (n...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Takata M,Abe J,Tanaka H,Kitano Y,Doi S,Kohsaka T,Miyasaka K

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Lung allografts are prone to reperfusion injury and acute rejection, which, in addition to infiltrating lymphocytes, are accompanied by neutrophil infiltration and neutrophil-associated oxidative stress. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a unique cytosolic enzyme that possesses T-cell-suppressive and antio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Liu H,Liu L,Fletcher BS,Visner GA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Severe asthma is a major public health issue throughout the world. Increased bronchial smooth muscle (BSM) mass, a characteristic feature of airway remodeling in severe asthma, is associated with resistance to high-intensity treatment and poor prognosis. In vitro, the Ca(2+)-channel blocker gallopamil decreas...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Girodet PO,Dournes G,Thumerel M,Begueret H,Dos Santos P,Ozier A,Dupin I,Trian T,Montaudon M,Laurent F,Marthan R,Berger P

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The inheritance of asthma, evident from its high family concordance, is not well understood. To investigate whether asthma may be inherited through a major gene with two alleles, segregation analyses were conducted in 3,369 individuals from 906 nuclear families enrolled, without selection, in a longitudinal study of r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Holberg CJ,Elston RC,Halonen M,Wright AL,Taussig LM,Morgan WJ,Martinez FD

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Allergic asthma is characterized by reversible airway obstruction, lung inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Previous studies using leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) receptor 1-deficient mice and adoptive transfer experiments have suggested that LTB(4) plays a role in lung inflammation and AHR. OBJECT...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rao NL,Riley JP,Banie H,Xue X,Sun B,Crawford S,Lundeen KA,Yu F,Karlsson L,Fourie AM,Dunford PJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown evidence of significant parent-offspring and sibling correlation in FEV1, but familial aggregation of decline of FEV1 over time has not been reported. Our study population comprised 392 families enrolled in the Tucson Epidemiological Study of Airway Obstructive Diseases. Subjects were older than 18 ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kurzius-Spencer M,Sherrill DL,Holberg CJ,Martinez FD,Lebowitz MD

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of nitric oxide (NO) and aerosolized terbutaline inhalation on ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) distributions were determined during methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction in nine mechanically ventilated pigs. Animals inhaled, in random order, zero, 20, and 80 parts per million (ppm) of NO or aerosolized terbuta...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Putensen C,Räsänen J,López FA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have found that sleep deprivation reduces the hypercapnic ventilatory response (HCVR). Such results may have been affected by uncontrolled activities or environmental influences during the sleep deprivation period. The current study determined the "pure" effect of sleep deprivation on respiratory contr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Spengler CM,Shea SA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep-disordered breathing is associated with cardiovascular disease in adults, and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) has been proposed as a link between the two disorders. We hypothesized that children with sleep-disordered breathing have higher CRP values than do control subjects. CRP was measured in 39 ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kaditis AG,Alexopoulos EI,Kalampouka E,Kostadima E,Germenis A,Zintzaras E,Gourgoulianis K

更新日期：2005-02-01 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 lobar and cephalocaudal distribution of aerated and nonaerated lung and of PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment is unknown in acute lung injury (ALI). Dimensions of the lungs and volumes of aerated and nonaerated parts of each pulmonary lobe were measured using a computerized tomographic quantitative analysis and com...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Puybasset L,Cluzel P,Chao N,Slutsky AS,Coriat P,Rouby JJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:While signal transducer and activator of transcription protein 6 (STAT6) is important in interleukin-4 (IL-4)-induced commitment of CD4(+) T cells to the T helper cell, type 2 (Th2) phenotype and IgE isotype switching in B cells, its role in other IL-4-mediated events and their impact upon the allergic response is les...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tomkinson A,Kanehiro A,Rabinovitch N,Joetham A,Cieslewicz G,Gelfand EW

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be curative in patients with certain malignancies, survival is poor if the recipient becomes critically ill. This prospective study examined the outcomes of 115 consecutive HSCT patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (MICU) of a tertiary cancer ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Price KJ,Thall PF,Kish SK,Shannon VR,Andersson BS

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients receiving low dose methotrexate, one with rheumatoid arthritis and the other with pityriasis rubra pilaris, developed disseminated histoplasmosis and Mycobacterium avium intracellulare pneumonia, respectively. Twenty-three cases of opportunistic infection in patients receiving low dose methotrexate have b...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： LeMense GP,Sahn SA

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:In 35 patients fulfilling the criteria of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of infectious origin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-soluble receptor (TNF-sR), and interleukin-12 (IL-12), C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and the Acute Physiology, and Chroni...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Presterl E,Staudinger T,Pettermann M,Lassnigg A,Burgmann H,Winkler S,Frass M,Graninger W

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present there is some indirect evidence for increased nocturnal inflammation in patients suffering from nocturnal asthma: 1. Circulating eosinophil numbers and activation, as reflected by increased levels of ECP and EDN and low-density eosinophils, are increased at night. 2. Circulating histamine levels are increas...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Postma DS,Oosterhoff Y,van Aalderen WM,Kauffman HF,Wempe JB,Koëter GH

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Defective efferocytosis (phagocytic clearance of apoptotic cells) in the airway may perpetuate inflammation via secondary necrosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We have previously reported that low-dose azithromycin improved alveolar macrophage (AM) phagocytic function in vitro. OBJECTIVES...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Hodge S,Hodge G,Jersmann H,Matthews G,Ahern J,Holmes M,Reynolds PN

更新日期：2008-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The severity of asthma can be graded from mild intermittent to severe persistent. Airway inflammation is a feature of persistent asthma. We compared several markers of inflammation in mucosal biopsies and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL fluid) from 12 healthy control subjects, 24 patients with intermittent asthma, a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vignola AM,Chanez P,Campbell AM,Souques F,Lebel B,Enander I,Bousquet J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:T-bet (TBX21 or T-box 21) is a critical regulator of T-helper 1 lineage commitment and IFN-gamma production. Knockout mice lacking T-bet develop airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to methacholine, peribronchial eosinophilic and lymphocytic inflammation, and increased type III collagen deposition below the bronc...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Raby BA,Hwang ES,Van Steen K,Tantisira K,Peng S,Litonjua A,Lazarus R,Giallourakis C,Rioux JD,Sparrow D,Silverman EK,Glimcher LH,Weiss ST

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in lung lavage fluids is a marker of tissue damage and type II cell proliferation. Type II pneumocytes are extensively involved in fibrosis. The aim of our study was to verify whether local ALP activity can be held as a marker of fibrosis in chronic interstitial lung disorders. ALP was deter...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Capelli A,Lusuardi M,Cerutti CG,Donner CF

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Immunophenotypes of antiviral responses, and their relationship with asthma, allergy, and lower respiratory tract infections, are poorly understood. OBJECTIVES:We characterized multiple cytokine responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to rhinovirus stimulation, and their relationship with clinical ou...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Custovic A,Belgrave D,Lin L,Bakhsoliani E,Telcian AG,Solari R,Murray CS,Walton RP,Curtin J,Edwards MR,Simpson A,Rattray M,Johnston SL

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-yr-old man with multiple pulmonary AV fistulae presented with moderate hypoxemia with chronic hyperventilation, which continued even after sufficient oxygenation by 100% O2 inhalation. The infusion of aminophylline, an adenosine receptor blocker, not only increased PaCO2 from 35 to 39 mm Hg but also depressed the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kobayashi S,Nishimura M,Nasuhara Y,Miyamoto K,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nitric oxide (NO) in the host-defense against human tuberculosis (TB) is controversial. Although experimental evidence indicates that NO may play an important role in controlling TB, its expression in human tuberculous lungs has not been systematically characterized. We therefore investigated the expressio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Choi HS,Rai PR,Chu HW,Cool C,Chan ED

更新日期：2002-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rationale: Lumacaftor-ivacaftor is a CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) modulator combination recently approved for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) homozygous for the Phe508del mutation.Objectives: To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of lumacaftor-ivacaftor in adolescents (≥12 yr) and a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Burgel PR,Munck A,Durieu I,Chiron R,Mely L,Prevotat A,Murris-Espin M,Porzio M,Abely M,Reix P,Marguet C,Macey J,Sermet-Gaudelus I,Corvol H,Bui S,Lemonnier L,Dehillotte C,Da Silva J,Paillasseur JL,Hubert D,French Cy

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A protective role for dietary antioxidants in asthma has been proposed. However, epidemiological evidence to implicate antioxidant vitamins is weak, and data on the role of flavonoid-rich foods and antioxidant trace elements are lacking. We carried out a population-based case-control study in South London, UK, to inve...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shaheen SO,Sterne JA,Thompson RL,Songhurst CE,Margetts BM,Burney PG

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the annual decline of lung function in subjects with self-reported asthma, we analyzed data from a longitudinal epidemiologic study. The Copenhagen City Heart Study. The study sample consisted of 10,952 subjects (4,824 men), 20 to 90 yr of age, randomly selected from the city of Copenhagen followed over...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ulrik CS,Lange P

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that persists even during adequate therapy and asymptomatic episodes. We questioned whether "silent" chronic allergen exposure can induce and maintain airway inflammation and whether this still occurs during regular treatment with inhaled steroids. Twenty-six patients with hous...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： de Kluijver J,Evertse CE,Schrumpf JA,van der Veen H,Zwinderman AH,Hiemstra PS,Rabe KF,Sterk PJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00