Adrenergic receptor blockade reverses right heart remodeling and dysfunction in pulmonary hypertensive rats.

abstract：:Loss of lung elastic recoil causing hyperinflation with increased TLC and decreased diffusing capacity and expiratory airflow are physiologic hallmarks of emphysema. We studied lung mechanics in 10 patients (seven men and three women) aged 69 +/- 9 yr (mean +/- SD) who had fixed, severe expiratory airflow limitation w...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gelb AF,Zamel N,Hogg JC,Müller NL,Schein MJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the development and course of impaired ventilatory function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) required further study. This role has been examined in the longitudinal Tucson Epidemiological Study of Airways Obstructive Disease, which started in 1972. The association ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sherrill DL,Lebowitz MD,Halonen M,Barbee RA,Burrows B

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:Rationale: Guidelines for vasopressor titration suggest a universal target-mean arterial pressure (MAP) >65 mm Hg. The implications for patients with premorbid low/high blood pressure are unknown.Objectives: To investigate the relationship between premorbid blood pressure and vasopressor duration for patients with sho...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gershengorn HB,Stelfox HT,Niven DJ,Wunsch H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collapsibility of the active pharynx, where active contraction of the upper airway muscles is evident, was previously reported to be higher in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) than in those with primary snoring during sleep. Contribution of neuromuscular and anatomic factors to the increased collapsibility,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Isono S,Shimada A,Utsugi M,Konno A,Nishino T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate repair mechanisms in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis, we used mice deficient in gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT-/-), a key enzyme in glutathione (GSH) and cysteine metabolism. Seventy-two hours after bleomycin (0.03 U/g), GGT-/- mice displayed a different inflammatory response to wild-type mice ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pardo A,Ruiz V,Arreola JL,Ramírez R,Cisneros-Lira J,Gaxiola M,Barrios R,Kala SV,Lieberman MW,Selman M

更新日期：2003-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS2) in acute lung injury (ALI) has gained increasing attention. This study evaluates the effects of hypoxia, an important feature of ALI, on NOS2 expression in a rat model of ALI caused by exposure to hypoxia and LPS. Exposure to hypoxia alone had no effect on the expre...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Agorreta J,Garayoa M,Montuenga LM,Zulueta JJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical illness is not a discrete disease state or syndrome. It is the culmination of a multiplicity of heterogeneous disease states and their varied health trajectories leading to extreme illness that requires advanced life support in a distinct geographic location in the hospital. It is a marker of newly acquired o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Herridge MS

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of atypical bacterial infection in the pathogenesis of asthma is a subject of continuing debate. There is an increasing body of literature concerning the association between the atypical bacteria Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae and asthma pathogenesis; however, many studies invest...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Johnston SL,Martin RJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Reactivation tuberculosis (TB) occurs as a result of reactivation of latent TB infection (LTBI), and was reported to occur in the United States at a rate of 0.10 to 0.16 cases per 100 person-years in the 1950s; it has not been measured since. OBJECTIVES:To calculate the rate of reactivation TB in a U.S. comm...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Horsburgh CR Jr,O'Donnell M,Chamblee S,Moreland JL,Johnson J,Marsh BJ,Narita M,Johnson LS,von Reyn CF

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Acute lung injury (ALI) acts as a complex genetic trait, yet its genetic risk factors remain incompletely understood. Large-scale genotyping has not previously been reported for ALI. OBJECTIVES:To identify ALI risk variants after major trauma using a large-scale candidate gene approach. METHODS:We performed...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Meyer NJ,Li M,Feng R,Bradfield J,Gallop R,Bellamy S,Fuchs BD,Lanken PN,Albelda SM,Rushefski M,Aplenc R,Abramova H,Atochina-Vasserman EN,Beers MF,Calfee CS,Cohen MJ,Pittet JF,Christiani DC,O'Keefe GE,Ware LB,May AK

更新日期：2011-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We used various ovalbumin sensitization and challenge protocols to determine the importance of the route of allergen administration and the genetic background in modulating the physiologic, inflammatory, and immunologic features characteristic of allergen-induced asthma. In BALB/c mice, induction of maximal airway hyp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Lamm WJ,Albert RK,Chi EY,Henderson WR Jr,Lewis DB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of renin-angiotensin system components and the elevation of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in a number of fibrotic lung diseases suggests angiotensin II (AII) could play a role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. However, the effect of AII on lung fibroblasts has not previously been assessed...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Marshall RP,McAnulty RJ,Laurent GJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation can worsen morbidity and mortality by causing ventilator-associated lung injury, especially where adverse ventilatory strategies are employed. Adverse strategies commonly involve hyperventilation, which frequently results in hypocapnia. Although hypocapnia is associated with significant lung alt...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Laffey JG,Engelberts D,Kavanagh BP

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If lipid peroxidation (LP) contributes to organ dysfunction in sepsis rather than simply reflecting established injury, it should occur soon after the onset of the septic insult, and it may not progress uniformly in all organs. We assessed whether LP occurs within 90 min after onset of continuous intravenous endotoxin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Clements NC Jr,Habib MP

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tumor-infiltrating immune cells affect lung cancer outcome. However, the factors that influence the composition and function of the tumor immune environment remain poorly defined and need investigation, particularly in the era of immunotherapy. OBJECTIVES:To determine whether the tumoral immune environment i...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mansuet-Lupo A,Alifano M,Pécuchet N,Biton J,Becht E,Goc J,Germain C,Ouakrim H,Régnard JF,Cremer I,Laurent-Puig P,Dieu-Nosjean MC,Blons H,Damotte D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The acute respiratory distress syndrome is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1), a ligand for the endothelial Tie2 receptor, is an endothelial survival and vascular stabilization factor that reduces endothelial permeability and inhibits leukocyte-en...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： McCarter SD,Mei SH,Lai PF,Zhang QW,Parker CH,Suen RS,Hood RD,Zhao YD,Deng Y,Han RN,Dumont DJ,Stewart DJ

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased serum levels of mucin-associated antigen have been previously demonstrated in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and interstitial pneumonia, and in lung-transplant recipients. The present study assessed the serum airway mucin levels in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An enzyme-linke...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Shih JY,Yang SC,Yu CJ,Wu HD,Liaw YS,Wu R,Yang PC

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of cigarette smoking and smoking cessation on rate of FEV1 decline over 6 yr were examined in 4,451 Japanese-American men from the Honolulu Heart Program who were 45 to 68 yr of age at baseline (1965-1968). Within-person regression was used to calculate annual change in FEV1. Rates of FEV1 decline varied stron...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Burchfiel CM,Marcus EB,Curb JD,Maclean CJ,Vollmer WM,Johnson LR,Fong KO,Rodriguez BL,Masaki KH,Buist AS

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary tuberculosis, one of the granulomatous diseases, has few serological markers for its activity. Recently, an increased serum level of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was detected in patients with Crohn's disease, also a granulomatous disease. We hypothesized that VEGF might be associated with the pa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Matsuyama W,Hashiguchi T,Matsumuro K,Iwami F,Hirotsu Y,Kawabata M,Arimura K,Osame M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and phosphatidylinositol (PI) are anionic phospholipids (APLs) present in lung surfactant of virtually all species studied, although their specific contribution to function is unknown. This study examines how APLs influence surfactant monolayer stability and adsorption under static and dynami...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ingenito EP,Mora R,Mark L

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced bronchodilatation in response to deep inspiration (DI) has been demonstrated in asthmatics. We have previously shown that inhibition of DI for 10 min or more during methacholine inhalation increases airway narrowing in normals. We tested the hypothesis that inhibition of DIs during methacholine inhalation in a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： King GG,Moore BJ,Seow CY,Paré PD

更新日期：2001-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:IL-4 and IL-13 share many biological functions important in the development of allergic airway inflammation and are implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma. AMG 317 is a fully human monoclonal antibody to IL-4Ralpha that blocks both IL-4 and IL-13 pathways. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate efficacy and safety of AMG ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Corren J,Busse W,Meltzer EO,Mansfield L,Bensch G,Fahrenholz J,Wenzel SE,Chon Y,Dunn M,Weng HH,Lin SL

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Fibroblast growth factor receptor-1alpha(IIIc) [FGF-R1alpha(IIIc)] regulates recovery of neonatal rat lung growth, after 95% oxygen-mediated growth arrest. Its role in normal postnatal alveologenesis is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine if FGF-R1alpha(IIIc) regulates normal postnatal alveologenesis. METHODS:T...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Yi M,Belcastro R,Shek S,Luo D,Post M,Tanswell AK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between annual change in pulmonary function and changes in respiratory symptoms among male grain elevator workers who participated in a health surveillance program mandated by Labour Canada. The surveillance was conducted every 3 yr starting from the period 1978 to 1981. The 1,211 work...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Senthilselvan A,Pahwa P,Wang P,McDuffie HH,Dosman JA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last century experienced remarkable advances in the classification, diagnosis, and understanding of the pathogenesis of the interstitial lung diseases. Technological advances, particularly physiologic testing, lung imaging studies, bronchoalveolar lavage, surgical lung biopsy, and histopathologic assessment, impro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： King TE Jr

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is traditionally diagnosed using overnight polysomnography. Decision rules may provide an alternative to polysomnography. A consecutive series of patients referred to a tertiary sleep center underwent prospective evaluation with the upper airway physical examination protocol, followed by ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tsai WH,Remmers JE,Brant R,Flemons WW,Davies J,Macarthur C

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Encephalitis caused by anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antibodies is the leading cause of immune-mediated encephalitis. There are limited data on intensive care unit (ICU) management of these patients. OBJECTIVES:To identify prognostic factors of good neurologic outcome in patients admitted to an ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： de Montmollin E,Demeret S,Brulé N,Conrad M,Dailler F,Lerolle N,Navellou JC,Schwebel C,Alves M,Cour M,Engrand N,Tonnelier JM,Maury E,Ruckly S,Picard G,Rogemond V,Magalhaes É,Sharshar T,Timsit JF,Honnorat J,Sonnevil

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with systemic hypertension. Either overnight intermittent hypoxia, or the recurrent arousals that occur in OSA, could cause the daytime increases in blood pressure (BP). OBJECTIVES:To establish the role of intermittent hypoxia in the increased morning BP in patient...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Turnbull CD,Sen D,Kohler M,Petousi N,Stradling JR

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a syndrome of chronic wasting, in part associated with a chronic inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to investigate cross-sectionally and prospectively the potential role of leptin in relation to systemic inflammation in the regulation of the energy balance ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Schols AM,Creutzberg EC,Buurman WA,Campfield LA,Saris WH,Wouters EF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00