alpha5beta1-integrin expression is essential for tumor progression in experimental lung cancer.

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to give a comprehensive overview of transgenic mouse lines suitable for studying gene function and cellular lineage relationships in lung development, homeostasis, injury, and repair. Many of the mouse strains reviewed in this Perspective have been widely shared within the lung research c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Rawlins EL,Perl AK

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major disease of the lungs. It primarily occurs after a prolonged period of cigarette smoking. Chronic inflammation of airways and the alveolar space as well as lung tissue destruction are the hallmarks of COPD. Recently it has been shown that cellular senescence might...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kumar M,Seeger W,Voswinckel R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies have linked gestational vitamin D deficiency to respiratory diseases, although mechanisms have not been defined. We hypothesized that antenatal vitamin D deficiency would impair airway development and alveolarization in a mouse model. We studied the effect of antenatal vitamin D deficiency by ind...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Saadoon A,Ambalavanan N,Zinn K,Ashraf AP,MacEwen M,Nicola T,Fanucchi MV,Harris WT

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor (TF) Foxp2 has been shown to partially repress surfactant protein C (SP-C) transcription, presumably through interaction of an independent repressor domain with a conserved Foxp2 consensus site in the SP-C promoter. We explored the role of interactions between Foxp2 and the homeodomain TF Nkx2...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zhou B,Zhong Q,Minoo P,Li C,Ann DK,Frenkel B,Morrisey EE,Crandall ED,Borok Z

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin light chain kinase (MLCK; gene code, MYLK) is a multifunctional enzyme involved in isoform-specific nonmuscle (nm) and smooth muscle contraction, inflammation, and vascular permeability, processes directly relevant to asthma pathobiology. In this report, we highlight the contribution of the nm isoform (nmMLCK) ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Wang T,Moreno-Vinasco L,Ma SF,Zhou T,Shimizu Y,Sammani S,Epshtein Y,Watterson DM,Dudek SM,Garcia JG

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy is the treatment of any disorder or pathophysiologic state based upon the transfer of genetic information. The lung represents a major target of gene therapy for the treatment of genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis and alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. Other diseases are also being targeted, including...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Curiel DT,Pilewski JM,Albelda SM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms of protective immunity to mycobacterial infection in the lung remain poorly defined. In this study, T-cell subset expansion and cytokine expression in bronchoalveolar spaces, lung parenchyma, and mediastinal lymph nodes of mice infected intratracheally with Mycobacterium bovis-Calmette-Guerin bacillus (BCG)...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fulton SA,Martin TD,Redline RW,Henry Boom W

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial challenges remain in our understanding of fibrotic lung diseases. Nowhere is this more true than in the elucidation and verification of the pathogenetic basis upon which they develop. Scientific progress, most recently in the field of experimental therapy, has relied closely on interpreting data derived fr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Chua F,Gauldie J,Laurent GJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously described a reduction of silica-induced lung fibrosis in interleukin-10-deficient mice (IL-10-/-) (Huaux and colleagues; Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 1998;18:51-59). In the present study, we further dissect the exact functions of IL-10 in experimental silicosis. The reduced lung fibrotic response to si...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Barbarin V,Arras M,Misson P,Delos M,McGarry B,Phan SH,Lison D,Huaux F

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) is a devastating disease with an overall mortality rate of 30 to 40%. The coagulation/fibrinolysis system is implicated in the pathogenesis of ALI. Thrombin-activatable fibronolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is an important component of the fibrinolysis system. Recent studies have shown that the active ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Naito M,Taguchi O,Kobayashi T,Takagi T,D'Alessandro-Gabazza CN,Matsushima Y,Boveda-Ruiz D,Gil-Bernabe P,Matsumoto T,Chelakkot-Govindalayathil AL,Toda M,Yasukawa A,Hataji O,Morser J,Takei Y,Gabazza EC

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bronchial asthma, eosinophils found in the airways have an enhanced inflammatory capacity. We hypothesized that, at least in part, changes in functional phenotype are due to the effect of transendothelial migration. To model in vivo eosinophil trafficking to the lung, we cultured human pulmonary microvascular endot...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Yamamoto H,Sedgwick JB,Vrtis RF,Busse WW

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower respiratory tract infection by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a frequent cause of acute lung injury in young children and infants. Studies in adults and animals suggest that tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) ligands may mediate lung injury by causing apoptosis of epithelial cells. The main goal of the ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bem RA,Bos AP,Wösten-van Asperen RM,Bruijn M,Lutter R,Sprick MR,van Woensel JB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased airway responsiveness is linked to lung function decline and mortality in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, the genetic contribution to airway responsiveness remains largely unknown. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed using the Illumina (San Diego, CA) Hum...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hansel NN,Paré PD,Rafaels N,Sin DD,Sandford A,Daley D,Vergara C,Huang L,Elliott WM,Pascoe CD,Arsenault BA,Postma DS,Boezen HM,Bossé Y,van den Berge M,Hiemstra PS,Cho MH,Litonjua AA,Sparrow D,Ober C,Wise RA,Conne

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise role of each nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) isoform in the pathobiology of asthma is not well established. Our objective was to investigate the contribution of constitutive NO synthase (cNOS) and inducible NOS (iNOS) isoforms to lung mechanics and inflammatory and remodeling responses in an experimental ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Prado CM,Leick-Maldonado EA,Yano L,Leme AS,Capelozzi VL,Martins MA,Tibério IF

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) is a severe complication of mechanical ventilation that can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome. VILI is characterized by damage to the epithelial barrier with subsequent pulmonary edema and profound hypoxia. Available lung-protective ventilator strategies offer only a mod...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Dolinay T,Himes BE,Shumyatcher M,Lawrence GG,Margulies SS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with severe acute and chronic lung diseases develop derangements in gas exchange that may result in increased levels of CO(2) (hypercapnia), the effects of which on human health are incompletely understood. It has been proposed that hypercapnia may have beneficial effects in patients with acute lung injury, a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Vadász I,Hubmayr RD,Nin N,Sporn PH,Sznajder JI

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Profound impairment in cellular oxygen consumption, referred to as cytopathic dysoxia, is one of the pathological hallmarks in the lungs of patients with pathogen-induced acute lung injury (ALI). However, the underlying mechanism for this functional defect remains largely unexplored. In this study, we found that prima...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cui H,Xie N,Banerjee S,Ge J,Guo S,Liu G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial lung disease is a devastating disease in humans that can be further complicated by the development of secondary pulmonary hypertension. Accumulating evidence indicates that the oxidant superoxide can contribute to the pathogenesis of both interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. We used a mod...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Van Rheen Z,Fattman C,Domarski S,Majka S,Klemm D,Stenmark KR,Nozik-Grayck E

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been associated with heterozygosity for the Z and S alleles of the alpha1-antitrypsin gene in some studies, but these observations have not been confirmed by others. Cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for COPD and may have been a confounding factor in many of th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sandford AJ,Weir TD,Spinelli JJ,Paré PD

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher numbers of eosinophil/basophil colony-forming units (Eo/B CFU) are observed in blood of atopic individuals, and can be enhanced in atopic asthmatics by allergen-inhalation challenge. It is known that mature basophils and eosinophils synthesize cytokines relevant to allergic inflammation. To investigate the pote...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gauvreau GM,O'Byrne PM,Moqbel R,Velazquez J,Watson RM,Howie KJ,Denburg JA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage elastase (MMP12) is a key mediator of cigarette smoke (CS)-induced emphysema, yet its role in other smoking related pathologies remains unclear. The weight suppressing effects of smoking are a major hindrance to cessation efforts, and MMP12 is known to suppress the vascularization on which adipose tissue gr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tsuji T,Kelly NJ,Takahashi S,Leme AS,Houghton AM,Shapiro SD

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated mechanically induced cell-to-cell Ca2+ signaling in a preparation of rabbit tracheal epithelium close to its in vivo condition. We used confocal microscopy to analyze changes in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in intact ciliated tracheal mucosal explants loaded with the Ca2+-indicato...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Felix JA,Chaban VV,Woodruff ML,Dirksen ER

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work demonstrated that pre-exposure to ozone primes innate immunity and increases Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4)-mediated responses to subsequent stimulation with LPS. To explore the pulmonary innate immune response to ozone exposure further, we investigated the effects of ozone in combination with Pam3CYS, a sy...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Oakes JL,O'Connor BP,Warg LA,Burton R,Hock A,Loader J,Laflamme D,Jing J,Hui L,Schwartz DA,Yang IV

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is characterized by the accumulation of activated lymphocytes in the lungs and other organs and by the spontaneous production of the active form of vitamin D, calcitriol. We hypothesized that calcitriol may modulate the responsiveness of human lymphocytes to the relevant biologic mediator, interleukin-2 (I...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fraher LJ,Caveney AN,McFadden RG

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bombesin-like peptides within neuroepithelial cells elicit proliferation of normal and malignant airway epithelial cells. It is not clear that these peptides also elicit epithelial cell migration, a necessary component of airway repair after injury. We studied the effects of the bombesin analogues, gastrin releasing p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kim JS,McKinnis VS,White SR

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive investigation of the morphology of human airway epithelial tight junctions was carried out by freeze-fracture electron microscopy using quantitative methods designed to analyze a range of junctional characteristics. Extrapulmonary bronchi that appeared grossly normal were taken at sites distant from tu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Godfrey RW,Severs NJ,Jeffery PK

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is the primary inhibitor of the extrinsic coagulation cascade, and its expression is reported to be relatively stable. Various pathophysiologic agents have been shown to influence TFPI activity by regulating its expression or by modifying the protein. It is not clear how TFPI act...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Jeffers A,Owens S,Koenig K,Quaid B,Pendurthi UR,Rao VM,Idell S,Tucker TA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive tissue remodeling occurs in survivors of acute lung injury, leading to nearly normal histology and physiology in the majority of individuals, whereas others suffer significant impairment due to the development of pulmonary fibrosis. Alveolar epithelial cells play a central role in the repair process. They ar...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hasegawa T,Sorensen L,Dohi M,Rao NV,Hoidal JR,Marshall BC

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory lung diseases are associated with increased production of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) from infiltrating granulocytes or from the respiratory epithelium, and inappropriate expression and activation of MMP-9 may be associated with tissue injury and airway remodeling. Inflammatory conditions also resu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Okamoto T,Valacchi G,Gohil K,Akaike T,van der Vliet A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury induced by reactive oxygen gases such as ozone (O(3)) is focal and site-selective. To define patterns of acute epithelial injury along intrapulmonary airways, we developed a new analytic approach incorporating labeling of permeable cells, airway microdissection, and laser scanning confocal microscopy...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Postlethwait EM,Joad JP,Hyde DM,Schelegle ES,Bric JM,Weir AJ,Putney LF,Wong VJ,Velsor LW,Plopper CG

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00