Endothelin stimulates ciliary beat frequency and chloride secretion in canine cultured tracheal epithelium.

abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is associated with high neonatal mortality from lung hypoplasia and persistent pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNEC) produce calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a potent vasodilator. We previously reported altered distribution of CGRP-positive PNEC in f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： IJsselstijn H,Hung N,de Jongste JC,Tibboel D,Cutz E

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The doxycycline-inducible, gene regulatory system allows tight control of transgene expression for the study of organ development and disease pathogenesis. Multiple recent reports have employed this model to investigate various lung diseases including emphysema. For our study, we used this transgenic system to test wh...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sisson TH,Hansen JM,Shah M,Hanson KE,Du M,Ling T,Simon RH,Christensen PJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, splenic dendritic cells (DC) and alveolar macrophages (AM) were pulsed with antigen in vitro and subsequently intratracheally instilled to test whether these cells have the capacity to sensitize T cells in the draining lymph nodes of the lung. The data demonstrate that antigen-pulsed DC, instille...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Havenith CE,Breedijk AJ,Betjes MG,Calame W,Beelen RH,Hoefsmit EC

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine was one of the first inflammatory mediators thought to be important in the pathophysiology of asthma, but it is not now thought to be a mediator with primary importance in airway constriction. However, histamine has several effects that may be relevant. One of these effects, its immunoregulatory role, has be...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bissonnette EY

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-5 (IL-5) is important in the control of differentiation, migration, and activation of eosinophils. In order to study the role of IL-5 in the development of eosinophilic inflammation of the airways, we have used a monoclonal antibody to murine IL-5 (TRFK-5) in a murine model of allergic pulmonary inflammati...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kung TT,Stelts DM,Zurcher JA,Adams GK 3rd,Egan RW,Kreutner W,Watnick AS,Jones H,Chapman RW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the temporal and spatial expression of the matrix-associated proteoglycan, biglycan, in a model of chronic hyperoxia-induced lung injury, changes in mRNA and protein were examined using Northern blot analyses and immunohistochemistry. Newborn rats were exposed to 85% or 100% oxygen for 6 and 4 wk, respective...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Veness-Meehan KA,Rhodes DN,Stiles AD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lung epithelium constitutes a selective barrier that separates the airways from the aqueous interstitial compartment. Regulated barrier function controls water and ion transport across the epithelium and is essential for maintaining lung function. Tight junctions (TJs) seal the epithelial barrier and determine the...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kielgast F,Schmidt H,Braubach P,Winkelmann VE,Thompson KE,Frick M,Dietl P,Wittekindt OH

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：:Endotoxins represent one of the most potent classes of microbial immunoactive components that can cause pulmonary inflammation. The aim of this study was to compare the inflammatory potency of two types of Neisseria meningitidis endotoxins (lipooligosaccharides) in lungs: wild type (hexaacylated, LOS(wt)) and mutant t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hadina S,Weiss JP,McCray PB Jr,Kulhankova K,Thorne PS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recent reports of increased matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in lungs of patients with emphysema support the paradigm of proteinase/antiproteinase imbalance in the pathogenesis of COPD. We sought to define the signaling pathwa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ning W,Dong Y,Sun J,Li C,Matthay MA,Feghali-Bostwick CA,Choi AM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neutrophils play critical roles in innate immunity, in excess these cells cause severe tissue damage. Thus, neutrophil activation must be tightly regulated to prevent indiscriminant damage. Previously, we reported that mice lacking matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 7 are protected from lung injury owing to marke...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gill SE,Nadler ST,Li Q,Frevert CW,Park PW,Chen P,Parks WC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine is a signaling nucleoside that has been proposed to contribute to the pathogenesis of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Previous studies suggest that adenosine might play an important role in modulating levels of inflammatory mediators in the lung. Because airway epithelium is an important ce...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zhong H,Wu Y,Belardinelli L,Zeng D

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe deterioration of surfactant function is noted under conditions of plasma protein leakage into the alveolar space; moreover, fibrinogen has previously been reported to possess strong surfactant inhibitory capacity. Dissolution of alveolar deposits of fibrinogen and fibrin (e.g., hyaline membranes) requires enzym...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Seeger W,Grube C,Günther A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated mechanisms underlying apical and basolateral P2Y(1)-mediated Cl(-) secretion in human airway epithelial cells. Apical and basolateral ATP induced short-circuit currents (I(sc)) with different properties via P2Y(1) receptors. The former comprised an immediate rise followed by a slow atten...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Son M,Ito Y,Sato S,Ishikawa T,Kondo M,Nakayama S,Shimokata K,Kume H

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modification of tyrosine residues and formation of 3-nitrotyrosine is one of the most commonly identified effects of reactive nitrogen species on proteins. In this study we evaluated the presence and localization of tyrosine nitration in various ventilatory and limb muscles. We also assessed the contribution of the ne...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Barreiro E,Comtois AS,Gea J,Laubach VE,Hussain SN

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retention kinetics for insoluble particles that deposit in the lung oftentimes resemble a multicomponent process during alveolar clearance, with each component appearing to follow simple first-order kinetics. Inasmuch as alveolar macrophages (AM) are thought to play an important role in particle removal from the lung,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lehnert BE,Valdez YE,Tietjen GL

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by pulmonary inflammation and edema. Innate immune cells (e.g., neutrophils and macrophages) are major contributors to inflammation in ALI. Less is known regarding the role of T cells. We examined the effects of rapamycin on inflammation in a LPS-induced murine model of ALI. Ra...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Nakajima T,Lin KW,Li J,McGee HS,Kwan JM,Perkins DL,Finn PW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) can result in cell death or genetic alterations when cells are subjected to radiation, exposure to toxins, or other environmental stresses. A complex DNA-damage-response pathway is activated to repair the damage, and the inability to repair these breaks can lead to carcinogenesis. One o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Msiska Z,Pacurari M,Mishra A,Leonard SS,Castranova V,Vallyathan V

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal nicotine exposure impairs normal lung development and leads to diminished pulmonary function after birth. Previous work from our laboratory has demonstrated that nicotine alters lung development by affecting a nonneuronal cholinergic autocrine loop that is expressed in lung. Bronchial epithelial cells (BECs) ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fu XW,Lindstrom J,Spindel ER

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) migration across basement membrane is thought to be dependent on the degradation of membrane constituents. PMN gelatinase B, a metalloproteinase able to degrade type IV collagen, may be involved in this phenomenon. PMN gelatinase B is released in the extracellular medium as a latent ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Delclaux C,Delacourt C,D'Ortho MP,Boyer V,Lafuma C,Harf A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced airway smooth muscle (ASM) contractility contributes to increased resistance to airflow in diseases such as bronchitis and asthma that occur in passive smokers exposed to secondhand smoke. Little information exists on the cellular mechanisms underlying such airway hyperreactivity. Sputum samples of patients w...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sathish V,Vanoosten SK,Miller BS,Aravamudan B,Thompson MA,Pabelick CM,Vassallo R,Prakash YS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LL-37 is a human cationic host defense peptide that is present in the specific granules of neutrophils, produced by epithelial cells from a variety of tissues, and is upregulated during inflammation, infection, and injury. It has been proposed to have a variety of antimicrobial functions, including both direct antimic...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lau YE,Bowdish DM,Cosseau C,Hancock RE,Davidson DJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common cause of pneumonia. Previous studies have documented an important role for Toll-like receptors (TLRs) expressed by myeloid cells in the recognition of K. pneumoniae and the initiation of a protective immune response. Lung epithelial cells also express TLRs and can participate in innat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Anas AA,Claushuis TAM,Mohan RA,Christoffels VM,Aidinis V,Florquin S,Van't Veer C,Hou B,de Vos AF,van der Poll T

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) has emerged as a key mediator of inflammation. Recently, we reported that the resolution of inflammation is impaired in Timp3(-/-) mice after bleomycin-induced lung injury. Here, we demonstrate that after LPS instillation (another model of acute lung injury), Timp3(-/-...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gill SE,Gharib SA,Bench EM,Sussman SW,Wang RT,Rims C,Birkland TP,Wang Y,Manicone AM,McGuire JK,Parks WC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At birth, the mammalian lung is still immature. The alveoli are not yet formed and the interairspace walls contain two capillary layers which are separated by an interstitial core. After alveolarization (first 2 postnatal weeks in rats) the alveolar septa mature: their capillary layers merge, the amount of connective ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Schittny JC,Paulsson M,Vallan C,Burri PH,Kedei N,Aeschlimann D

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans and rodents exposed to an aerosol of asbestos fibers develop lung injury that can lead to a fibroproliferative response culminating in excessive scarring and impaired lung function. To define the early events that precede asbestos-induced fibrotic lung disease, rats were exposed to an aerosol of chrysotile asbe...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mishra A,Liu JY,Brody AR,Morris GF

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway surface fluids are mainly secreted from submucosal glands, and play important roles in the defense of airways via the up-regulation of mucociliary transport, resulting in an exclusion of many microbes or foreign substances. Although there are many articles concerning the importance of Toll-like receptors (TLRs)...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Murakami K,Tamada T,Nara M,Muramatsu S,Kikuchi T,Kanehira M,Maruyama Y,Ebina M,Nukiwa T

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nitric oxide (NO) is known to inhibit vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, the subcellular molecular mechanisms involved with the inhibitory signal transduction pathways are uncertain. We investigated the effect of exogenous NO on cell proliferation and the expression of p53, p21, and phosphorylated p42...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mizuno S,Kadowaki M,Demura Y,Ameshima S,Miyamori I,Ishizaki T

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 alveolar epithelial cells (AEC2) are regarded as the progenitor population of the alveolus responsible for injury repair and homeostatic maintenance. Depletion of this population is hypothesized to underlie various lung pathologies. Current models of lung injury rely on either uncontrolled, nonspecific destruct...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Garcia O,Hiatt MJ,Lundin A,Lee J,Reddy R,Navarro S,Kikuchi A,Driscoll B

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary pulmonary hypertension is characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance and smooth muscle proliferation. Stable analogs are increasingly being used to treat this disease, although no data exists comparing their effects on proliferation. We therefore investigated the antiproliferative activity of sev...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Clapp LH,Finney P,Turcato S,Tran S,Rubin LJ,Tinker A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00