Ascorbate and deferoxamine administration after chlorine exposure decrease mortality and lung injury in mice.

abstract：:The protease-antiprotease imbalance that is characteristic of most inflammatory lung disorders depends on the spatial-temporal regulation of active inhibitor and protease concentrations in lung secretions. We have studied the competition between the three main serine proteases from human neutrophil primary granules in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Korkmaz B,Poutrain P,Hazouard E,de Monte M,Attucci S,Gauthier FL

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Antenatal corticosteroids enhance lung maturation. However, the importance of glucocorticoid genes on early lung development, asthma susceptibility, and treatment response remains unknown. We investigated whether glucocorticoid genes are important during lung development and their role in asthma susceptibility and tre...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sharma S,Kho AT,Chhabra D,Qiu W,Gaedigk R,Vyhlidal CA,Leeder JS,Barraza-Villarreal A,London SJ,Gilliland F,Raby BA,Weiss ST,Tantisira KG

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) is being increasingly recognized as a cause of both adult pneumonia and acute infectious exacerbations in chronic bronchitis. We used a mouse model to study the immune enhancement of pulmonary clearance of NTHI after a primary immunization. BALB/c mice were immunized with whole...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： McGehee JL,Radolf JD,Toews GB,Hansen EJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated concentrations of CO2 (hypercapnia) lead to alveolar epithelial dysfunction by promoting Na,K-ATPase endocytosis. In the present report, we investigated whether the CO2/HCO3(-) activated soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) regulates this process. We found that hypercapnia increased the production of cyclic adenosi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lecuona E,Sun H,Chen J,Trejo HE,Baker MA,Sznajder JI

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mechanisms underlying tachyphylaxis to beta-adrenergic receptor agonists (beta-agonists) in tracheal smooth muscle. Simultaneous measurements of isometric tension and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) using fura-2-loaded guinea pig tracheas showed that the inhibitory effects of isoproterenol (...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kume H,Ishikawa T,Oguma T,Ito S,Shimokata K,Kotlikoff MI

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired sphingolipid synthesis is linked genetically to childhood asthma and functionally to airway hyperreactivity (AHR). The objective was to investigate whether sphingolipid synthesis could be a target for asthma therapeutics. The effects of GlyH-101 and fenretinide via modulation of de novo sphingolipid synthesis...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Heras AF,Veerappan A,Silver RB,Emala CW,Worgall TS,Perez-Zoghbi J,Worgall S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium (MAV) and M. abscessus (MAB) are ubiquitous environmental organisms increasingly recognized to cause chronic lung disease in patients with apparently normal immune function. Little is yet known about their human pathophysiology. Our objective was to examine cytokine and chemokine responses (protein...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sampaio EP,Elloumi HZ,Zelazny A,Ding L,Paulson ML,Sher A,Bafica AL,Shea YR,Holland SM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a novel signaling gasotransmitter in the respiratory system, may have antiinflammatory properties in the lung. We examined the preventive and therapeutic effects of H2S on ozone-induced features of lung inflammation and emphysema. C57/BL6 mice were exposed to ozone or filtered air over 6 weeks....

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Li F,Zhang P,Zhang M,Liang L,Sun X,Li M,Tang Y,Bao A,Gong J,Zhang J,Adcock I,Chung KF,Zhou X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cells/proteases responsible for the development of smoke-induced emphysema is an area of intense investigation. Mice with knockout of macrophage metalloelastase genes (MME(-/-)) do not develop emphysema after smoke exposure, but we also observed that neutrophils (PMN) in lavage appeared to be a requirement for acu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Churg A,Zay K,Shay S,Xie C,Shapiro SD,Hendricks R,Wright JL

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Myosin light chain phosphorylation results in cellular contraction and is a critical component of agonist-mediated endothelial cell (EC) junctional gap formation and permeability. We have shown that this reaction is catalyzed by a novel high molecular-weight Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent nonmuscle myosin light chain kinas...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Verin AD,Lazar V,Torry RJ,Labarrere CA,Patterson CE,Garcia JG

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term success in lung transplantation is limited by obliterative bronchiolitis, whereas T cell effector mechanisms in this process remain incompletely understood. Using the mouse heterotopic allogeneic airway transplant model, we studied T cell effector responses during obliterative airways disease (OAD). Allospec...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： West EE,Lavoie TL,Orens JB,Chen ES,Ye SQ,Finkelman FD,Garcia JG,McDyer JF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) and its severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), are major causes of acute respiratory failure with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Although surfactant protein (SP)-D plays a critical role in pulmonary innate immunity and several clinical studies suggest that this protein...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： King BA,Kingma PS

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar macrophages (AMs) play an important role in the regulation of the local immune reactivity in the lung. It was previously shown that exposure of rats to mild inescapable electrical footshock stress (20 min, 4 shocks/min, 5 s/shock, 0.8 mAmp) leads to apparent changes in the activity of AMs upon stimulation, re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Broug-Holub E,Persoons JH,Schornagel K,Mastbergen SC,Kraal G

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) holds great promise in the repair of cigarette smoke (CS)-induced lung damage in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Because CS leads to mitochondrial dysfunction, we aimed to investigate the potential benefit of mitochondrial transfer from human-induced pluri...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Li X,Zhang Y,Yeung SC,Liang Y,Liang X,Ding Y,Ip MS,Tse HF,Mak JC,Lian Q

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP), or CC10, is an inhibitor of secretory phospholipase A2 which may be produced by phagocytic cells and by a variety of other cells in the airway. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is capable of activating phospholipases and inducing the expression of a variety of genes in the a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Yao XL,Levine SJ,Cowan MJ,Logun C,Shelhamer JH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary inflammation in patients affected by cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by massive bronchial infiltrates of neutrophils, which is sustained by the interaction of pathogens (e.g., Pseudomonas aeruginosa) with surface bronchial cells. To explore new treatment options focused on the reduction of neut...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bezzerri V,Borgatti M,Nicolis E,Lampronti I,Dechecchi MC,Mancini I,Rizzotti P,Gambari R,Cabrini G

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive sphingolipid that plays an important proinflammatory role in asthmatic airways. Corticosteroids are first-line antiinflammatories in asthma; however, their repressive effects on S1P-induced cytokine secretion have not been investigated. To address this, our in vitro study r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Che W,Parmentier J,Seidel P,Manetsch M,Ramsay EE,Alkhouri H,Ge Q,Armour CL,Ammit AJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperplasia and cell migration of smooth muscle are features of both airway and pulmonary vascular diseases. The precise cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate smooth muscle migration in the lungs remain unknown. In this study, we examined the effect of cAMP-mobilizing agents and steroids on smooth muscle cel...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Goncharova EA,Billington CK,Irani C,Vorotnikov AV,Tkachuk VA,Penn RB,Krymskaya VP,Panettieri RA Jr

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biologic activity of substance P has been demonstrated to be limited both in in vivo and in vitro by a membrane-bound protease, neutral endopeptidase (EC 3.4.24.11). The interaction of substance P with its receptor on guinea pig lung tissues was studied in the presence of an inhibitor of neutral endopeptidase unde...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Coats SR,Gerard NP

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular remodeling is an important pathological feature of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), which leads to increased pulmonary vascular resistance, with marked proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (SMC) and/or endothelial cells (EC). Successful treatment of experimental PAH with a platelet-deri...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sakao S,Tatsumi K,Voelkel NF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is known to be involved in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases, but its role in bleomycin (BLM)-induced lung injury and subsequent fibrotic changes remains to be determined. We evaluated the role of IL-6 in the lung inflammatory changes induced by BLM using wild-type (WT) and IL-6-de...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Saito F,Tasaka S,Inoue K,Miyamoto K,Nakano Y,Ogawa Y,Yamada W,Shiraishi Y,Hasegawa N,Fujishima S,Takano H,Ishizaka A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sox2, a transcription factor critical for the maintenance of embryonic stem cells and induction of pluripotent stem cells, is expressed exclusively in the conducting airway epithelium of the lung, where it is required for differentiation of nonciliated, goblet, and ciliated cells. To determine the role of Sox2 in resp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tompkins DH,Besnard V,Lange AW,Keiser AR,Wert SE,Bruno MD,Whitsett JA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) such as types 6 and 11 can establish lifelong infections in airway epithelial cells in patients, and long-term infection can lead to pulmonary involvement and death. The mechanisms underlying this persistence depend on both the transcriptional activity of the viral enhancers and promoters...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gadi VK,Zou N,Liu JS,Cheng S,Broker TR,Sorscher EJ,Chow LT

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human rhinovirus (HRV) triggers exacerbations of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cigarette smoking is the primary risk factor for the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and 25% of individuals with asthma smoke. Smokers experience both longer and more severe colds. We previously sho...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hudy MH,Traves SL,Proud D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mast cell secretion has been intensively studied because of its pivotal role in allergic reactions and its advantages as a physiologic model, the molecular composition of the secretory machine is virtually unknown. In view of the guanine-nucleotide dependency of mast cell exocytosis and the participation of R...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tuvim MJ,Adachi R,Chocano JF,Moore RH,Lampert RM,Zera E,Romero E,Knoll BJ,Dickey BF

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lung epithelium has recently been identified as a novel site of fibrinogen (FBG) biosynthesis. A coordinated upregulation of A alpha, B beta, and gamma chain FBG gene transcription occurs upon stimulation of A549 lung epithelial cells with dexamethasone (DEX) and the proinflammatory mediator interleukin-6 (IL-6). ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Guadiz G,Sporn LA,Goss RA,Lawrence SO,Marder VJ,Simpson-Haidaris PJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oleic acid (OA) model of acute lung injury in rats is characterized by a massive and rapid influx of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) within 1 h, with a peak inflammatory response at 4 h and resolution by 72 h. We hypothesized that PMN apoptosis is involved in the resolution of OA-induced acute lung injury. To ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hussain N,Wu F,Zhu L,Thrall RS,Kresch MJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00