Nrf2 regulates chronic lung inflammation and B-cell responses to nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.

abstract：:The alveolar epithelium is a critical target for pulmonary viruses and can produce proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines upon viral infection. However, the molecular interactions between virus-infected alveolar epithelial cells and inflammatory cells, including polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), have not been tho...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Rzepka JP,Haick AK,Miura TA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been speculated that neutrophils deploy proteases to digest subendothelial matrix as they migrate from the bloodstream. Direct evidence for the involvement of proteases in neutrophil transendothelial migration is, however, lacking. To address this issue we used transmission electron microscopy to verify th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mackarel AJ,Cottell DC,Russell KJ,FitzGerald MX,O'Connor CM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motile cilia are essential for clearance of particulates and pathogens from airways. For effective transport, ciliary motor proteins and axonemal structures interact to generate the rhythmic, propulsive bending, but the mechanisms that produce a dynamic waveform remain incompletely understood. Biomechanical measures o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Oltean A,Schaffer AJ,Bayly PV,Brody SL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) is found in exhaled breath and is produced by airway epithelia. In addition, H(2)O(2) is a necessary substrate for the airway lactoperoxidase (LPO) anti-infection system. To investigate the source of H(2)O(2) produced by airway epithelia, PCR was used to screen nicotinamide adenine dinucle...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Forteza R,Salathe M,Miot F,Forteza R,Conner GE

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Persistent polyclonal lymphocytosis has been described in a group of female patients who all have the HLA-DR7 antigen in common and who are all heavy cigarette smokers. Immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement was analyzed by hybridization with specific immunoglobulin heavy chain genes to restriction enzyme-diges...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Chan MA,Benedict SH,Carstairs KC,Francombe WH,Gelfand EW

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical field stimulation (EFS) has previously been shown to induce the release of prostaglandin (PG) E2 from ferret tracheal epithelium. We have now conducted a study to see whether this effect of EFS is due to the activation of nerves or whether it is a non-neural effect. The release of PGE2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ullman A,Ciabattoni G,Svedmyr N,Skoogh BE,Löfdahl CG

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent peptide growth factor specific for vascular endothelial cells, which promotes neovascularization and increases vascular permeability in vivo. Enhanced microvascular permeability and edema are common characteristics of inflammatory and neoplastic disorders. Two proi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Nauck M,Roth M,Tamm M,Eickelberg O,Wieland H,Stulz P,Perruchoud AP

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In allergic airway diseases, intermediate progenitor cells (IPCs) increase in number in the surface epithelium. IPCs arise from basal cells, the origin of hallmark pathological changes, including goblet cell hyperplasia and mucus hypersecretion. Thus, targeting IPCs will benefit future treatment of allergic airway dis...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lee SN,Kim SJ,Yoon SA,Song JM,Ahn JS,Kim HC,Choi AMK,Yoon JH

更新日期：2020-12-02 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：:A murine model was used to assess the role of cytokines in initiating protective T-cell-mediated immunity in the lung. A pulmonary infection was initiated by intratracheal inoculation of Cryptococcus neoformans (Cne). Previously, we had established that Cne lung clearance was mouse-strain-specific: C.B-17 mice were re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hoag KA,Lipscomb MF,Izzo AA,Street NE

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Mucus obstruction is a key feature of many inflammatory airway diseases. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are released upon neutrophil stimulation and consist of extracellular chromatin networks studded with cytotoxic proteins. When released in the airways, these NETs can become part of the airway mucus. We hypot...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Linssen RS,Chai G,Ma J,Kummarapurugu AB,van Woensel JBM,Bem RA,Kaler L,Duncan GA,Zhou L,Rubin BK,Xu Q

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：:Pleural infection is common. Evacuation of infected pleural fluid is essential for successful treatment, but it is often difficult because of adhesions/loculations within the effusion and the viscosity of the fluid. Intrapleural delivery of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) (to break the adhesions) and deoxyribonucle...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lansley SM,Cheah HM,Varano Della Vergiliana JF,Chakera A,Lee YC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple cytokines play a role in the orchestration of inflammation in inflammatory airway diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, through the recruitment, activation and survival of inflammatory cells. Lymphokines secreted from T cells regulate the pattern of inflammation, whereas proinflammatory cyt...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Barnes PJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetically heterogeneous chronic destructive airway disease. PCD is traditionally diagnosed by nasal nitric oxide measurement, analysis of ciliary beating, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and/or genetic testing. In most genetic PCD variants, laterality defects can occur. ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cindrić S,Dougherty GW,Olbrich H,Hjeij R,Loges NT,Amirav I,Philipsen MC,Marthin JK,Nielsen KG,Sutharsan S,Raidt J,Werner C,Pennekamp P,Dworniczak B,Omran H

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：: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：:Lung development is associated with a surge in surfactant phosphatidylcholine (PC) production to prepare the newborn for extrauterine breathing. This process is associated with a marked increase in the activity of the rate-regulatory surfactant enzyme, CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCTalpha). To investigate...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： McCoy DM,Fisher K,Robichaud J,Ryan AJ,Mallampalli RK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar epithelial cells are directly exposed to acute and chronic fluctuations in alveolar oxygen tension. Previously, we found that the oxygen-binding protein hemoglobin is expressed in alveolar Type II cells (ATII). Here, we report that ATII cells also express a number of highly specific transcription factors and ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Grek CL,Newton DA,Spyropoulos DD,Baatz JE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypervascularity is known as an important element of airway remodeling in bronchial asthma. However, it remains obscure how allergic inflammation relates to angiogenesis in the lung. In this study, we examined the in vitro effects of inflammatory cytokines on endothelial cell functions, particularly angiogenesis. Huma...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Matsuda A,Fukuda S,Matsumoto K,Saito H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thy-1 is a glycosylphosphytidylinositol-linked cell-surface glycoprotein present on a subset of lung fibroblasts, which plays an important role in postnatal alveolarization. In the present study, we define the role of Thy-1 in pulmonary lipofibroblast differentiation and in the regulation of lipid homeostasis via pero...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Varisco BM,Ambalavanan N,Whitsett JA,Hagood JS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) is a potentially important cytokine in allergic respiratory reactions since it is released by mast cells and eosinophils, and it can promote mediator and cytokine release, adhesion molecule expression, and granulocyte migration. Therefore, we induced an IgE-mediated response in ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Casale TB,Costa JJ,Galli SJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify relationships amongst tracheal and alveolar epithelial cells during lung development, we used conditional systems controlled by the rat CCSP and human SFTPC gene promoters to express Cre-recombinase in the developing mouse lung, thereby permanently labeling cells by expression of alkaline phosphatase or gr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Perl AK,Wert SE,Loudy DE,Shan Z,Blair PA,Whitsett JA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway infections or irritant exposures during early postnatal periods may contribute to the onset of childhood asthma. The purpose of this study was to examine critical periods of postnatal airway development during which ozone (O(3)) exposure leads to heightened neural responses. Rats were exposed to O(3) (2 ppm) or...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hunter DD,Wu Z,Dey RD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hypoxia on the regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS) 2 expression were examined in cultured rat pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (EC). EC did not express NOS 2 mRNA or protein when exposed to normoxia or hypoxia unless they were pretreated with interleukin (IL)-1beta and/or tumor ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zulueta JJ,Sawhney R,Kayyali U,Fogel M,Donaldson C,Huang H,Lanzillo JJ,Hassoun PM

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Organisms on our planet have evolved in an oxidizing environment that is intrinsically inimical to life, and cells have been forced to devise means of protecting themselves. One of the defenses used most widely in nature is the enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). This enzyme performs the seemingly lackluster function of c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Morse D,Choi AM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common and serious chronic lung disease of preterm infants. The development of pulmonary hypertension (PH) significantly increases the mortality and morbidity of this disease. β-Catenin signaling plays an important role in tissue development and remodeling. Aberrant β-caten...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Alapati D,Rong M,Chen S,Hehre D,Hummler SC,Wu S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00