Role of interleukin-6 in bleomycin-induced lung inflammatory changes in mice.

abstract：:The pathological hallmark lesions in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis are the fibroblastic foci, in which fibroblasts are thought to be involved in the tissue remodeling, matrix deposition, and cross-talk with alveolar epithelium. Recent evidence indicates that some fibroblasts in fibrosis may be derived from bone marrow...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hashimoto N,Phan SH,Imaizumi K,Matsuo M,Nakashima H,Kawabe T,Shimokata K,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence from genetic experiments in yeast and from studies using guanosine triphosphate (GTP) analogues in mammalian cells suggests a key role for low-molecular-mass GTP-binding proteins (LMM-GBPs) (Mr 19 to 28 kD) in processes of intracellular vesicular sorting and secretion. Assembly and exocytosis of the la...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Rubins JB,Panchenko M,Shannon TM,Dickey BF

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we sought to elucidate the mechanisms by which monocytes migrate into the pleural space in the presence of anaphylatoxins in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE). Monocytes in both pleural effusion and blood were counted, and their phenotypic characteristics were analyzed. Activation of the complem...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Luo L,Li X,Hu X,Hu C,Tang W,Deng S,Feng J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated serine/threonine kinase R (PKR) is well characterized as an essential component of the innate antiviral response. Recently, PKR has been implicated in Toll-like receptor (TLR) signal transduction in response to bacterial cell wall components. Its contribution to pulmonary immu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cabanski M,Steinmüller M,Marsh LM,Surdziel E,Seeger W,Lohmeyer J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS) is a significant clinical problem encountered among patients treated with bone marrow transplantation (BMT). IPS is identified as an inflammatory lung disease characterized by diffuse interstitial pneumonitis and alveolitis leading to interstitial fibrosis in the absence of an ident...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Shankar G,Scott Bryson J,Darrell Jennings C,Kaplan AM,Cohen DA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptors for advanced glycation end-products (RAGEs) are multiligand cell surface receptors highly expressed in the lung that contribute to alveolar epithelial cell differentiation during embryogenesis and the modulation of pulmonary inflammation during disease. When RAGEs are overexpressed throughout embryogenesis, ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Stogsdill JA,Stogsdill MP,Porter JL,Hancock JM,Robinson AB,Reynolds PR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Arrestin-2 (βarr2) is a ubiquitously expressed cytosolic protein that terminates G protein-coupled receptor signaling and transduces G protein-independent signaling. We previously showed that mice lacking βarr2 do not develop an asthma phenotype when sensitized to, and challenged with, allergens. The current study e...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Chen M,Hegde A,Choi YH,Theriot BS,Premont RT,Chen W,Walker JK

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch is an ancient cell-signaling system that regulates the specification of cell fate. This study examined the role of Notch in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and myofibroblast differentiation of cultured RLE-6TN cells (i.e., rat alveolar epithelial cells). The activation of Notch, either by ectopic exp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Aoyagi-Ikeda K,Maeno T,Matsui H,Ueno M,Hara K,Aoki Y,Aoki F,Shimizu T,Doi H,Kawai-Kowase K,Iso T,Suga T,Arai M,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that up-regulation of the angiotensin (Ang)-converting enzyme (ACE)/AngII/AngII type 1 receptor (AT1R) axis aggravates pulmonary fibrosis. The recently discovered ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas axis, which counteracts the activity of the ACE/AngII/AT1R axis, has been shown to protect against...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Meng Y,Yu CH,Li W,Li T,Luo W,Huang S,Wu PS,Cai SX,Li X

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The airway epithelium plays a critical role in innate responses to airborne allergens by secreting IL-1 family cytokines such as IL-1α and IL-33 as alarmins that subsequently orchestrate appropriate immune responses. Previous studies revealed that epithelial IL-33 secretion by allergens such as Alternaria alternata or...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Schiffers C,Hristova M,Habibovic A,Dustin CM,Danyal K,Reynaert NL,Wouters EFM,van der Vliet A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of gene transfer vectors with regulated, lung-specific expression will be a useful tool for studying lung biology and developing gene therapies. In this study we constructed a series of lentiviral vectors with regulatory elements predicted to produce lung-specific transgene expression: the surfactant prote...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hendrickson B,Senadheera D,Mishra S,Bui KC,Wang X,Chan B,Petersen D,Pepper K,Lutzko C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ozone (O3) is the principal oxidant pollutant in photochemical smog. Repeated exposures to O3 induces inflammation and mucous cell metaplasia in the nasal airways of laboratory animals. Our study was designed to determine the efficacy of a topical anti-inflammatory corticosteroid in preventing O3-induced rhinitis and ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hotchkiss JA,Hilaski R,Cho H,Regan K,Spencer P,Slack K,Harkema JR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bitter taste receptor (TAS2R) agonists dilate airways by receptor-dependent smooth muscle relaxation. Besides their coupling to relaxation, we have found that human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cell TAS2Rs activate (phosphorylate) extracellular signal-related kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), but the cellular effects are not known....

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kim D,Cho S,Castaño MA,Panettieri RA,Woo JA,Liggett SB

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a lethal parenchymal lung disease characterized by denudation of the lung epithelium, fibroblast proliferation, and collagen deposition. Cellular changes underlying disease progression involve injury to alveolar epithelial cells, epithelial to mesenchymal transition, proliferation of a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Shukla MN,Rose JL,Ray R,Lathrop KL,Ray A,Ray P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil-associated inflammation during Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection is a determinant of morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF). Neutrophil apoptosis is a key factor in inflammation resolution and is controlled by cytosolic proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). p21/Waf1, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Martin C,Ohayon D,Alkan M,Mocek J,Pederzoli-Ribeil M,Candalh C,Thevenot G,Millet A,Tamassia N,Cassatella MA,Thieblemont N,Burgel PR,Witko-Sarsat V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of metalloproteinases that degrade the extracellular matrix of connective tissues and two specific tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) have now been isolated, characterized, and cloned. Comparison of the enzyme sequences has allowed the delineation of domain structures, and initial studies have be...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Murphy G,Docherty AJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation with supraphysiological concentrations of oxygen (hyperoxia) is routinely used to treat patients with respiratory distress. However, a significant number of patients on ventilators exhibit enhanced susceptibility to infections and develop ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Pseudomonas aerugi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Patel VS,Sitapara RA,Gore A,Phan B,Sharma L,Sampat V,Li JH,Yang H,Chavan SS,Wang H,Tracey KJ,Mantell LL

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory lung disease is associated with increased epithelial permeability, but it is unclear how inflammatory cells alter epithelial permeability. Neutrophils have azurophilic granules containing elastase, cathepsin G, and defensins which are released at sites of inflammation. Experiments using whole animals and ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Peterson MW,Walter ME,Nygaard SD

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the p53 gene have been implicated to play an important role in the development of various human cancers. To evaluate the importance of p53 in lung cancer, a transgenic mouse model was established by utilizing the Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP) promoter to target the expression of a dominant-negative ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tchou-Wong KM,Jiang Y,Yee H,LaRosa J,Lee TC,Pellicer A,Jagirdar J,Gordon T,Goldberg JD,Rom WN

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is characterized by appearance of eosinophils in the airway. Eosinophils purified from the airway 48 h after segmental antigen challenge are described as exhibiting greater adhesion to albumin-coated surfaces via an unidentified beta2 integrin and increased expression of alphaMbeta2 (CD11b/18) compared with pur...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Barthel SR,Jarjour NN,Mosher DF,Johansson MW

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metformin has been used as first-line treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes, and is reported to reduce cancer risk and progression by activating the liver kinase B1 (LKB1)-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway. Cisplatin remains the main drug for treating advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. However, drug r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lin CC,Yeh HH,Huang WL,Yan JJ,Lai WW,Su WP,Chen HH,Su WC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of bombesin-like peptides (BLPs) by pulmonary neuroendocrine cells is transiently upregulated during lung development. A functional role for BLPs is supported by their ability to stimulate lung growth and maturation both in vitro and in vivo during the late stages of lung development. In addition, the c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Aguayo SM,Schuyler WE,Murtagh JJ Jr,Roman J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monkey Clara cell 10 kDa protein (CC10) was purified from monkey lung lavage. This protein showed an apparent molecular weight of about 10 kDa and 5 kDa under non-reducing and reducing conditions, respectively, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. From the amino acid sequence dat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hashimoto S,Nakagawa K,Sueishi K

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular endothelium plays an important role in the regulation of inflammatory responses after trauma and hemorrhage. Interactions of neutrophils with endothelial cells (ECs) contribute to the activation of specific EC responses involved in innate immunity. We have previously reported that oxidants derived from th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Xiang M,Yin L,Li Y,Xiao G,Vodovotz Y,Billiar TR,Wilson MA,Fan J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections with bacteria and viruses such as adenovirus are a feature of chronic lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), and may be instrumental in the generation of disease exacerbations. We have previously shown in acute models that elafin (a lung natural chemotactic molecule for macroph...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Roghanian A,Williams SE,Sheldrake TA,Brown TI,Oberheim K,Xing Z,Howie SE,Sallenave JM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) release from aortic endothelial cells was studied in the presence of antioxidant enzyme inhibitors, mitochondrial inhibitors, a microsomal cytochrome P-450 inhibitor, and after oxidative stress induced with H2O2 or menadione. Extracellular H2O2 generation was determined spectrofluor...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kinnula VL,Whorton AR,Chang LY,Crapo JD

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While elastin degradation is a hallmark of pulmonary emphysema, it is likely that elastin synthesis also occurs. However, the supramolecular structure and function of the newly synthesized elastin are abnormal. Very little is known about the regulation of elastin synthesis during the development of emphysema when prom...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： McGowan SE,McNamer R

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulated migration of eosinophils out of the bloodstream and into the lung is key in the development of tissue eosinophilia and inflammation in asthma. Platelet-activating factor (PAF) has been implicated as an important inflammatory mediator in asthma pathogenesis in part because of its chemotactic capacity. We the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Casale TB,Erger RA,Little MM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and PGE2 secretion from human airway smooth muscle cells (hASMCs) may contribute to β2-adrenoceptor hyporesponsiveness, a clinical feature observed in some patients with asthma. hASMCs from patients with asthma exhibit elevated expression of cytokine-responsive genes, and in some in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Comer BS,Camoretti-Mercado B,Kogut PC,Halayko AJ,Solway J,Gerthoffer WT

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that long-term treatment of airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells with a combination of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma impaired steroid anti-inflammatory action through the up-regulation of glucocorticoid receptor beta isoform (GRbeta) (Mol Pharmacol 2006;69:588-596). We here found that steroid actions co...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tliba O,Damera G,Banerjee A,Gu S,Baidouri H,Keslacy S,Amrani Y

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00