Transforming growth factor-beta increases elastin production by neonatal rat lung fibroblasts.

abstract：:Tissue-specific transgene expression using tetracycline (tet)-regulated promoter/operator elements has been used to revolutionize our understanding of cellular and molecular processes. However, because most tet-regulated mouse strains use promoters of genes expressed in multiple tissues, to achieve exclusive expressio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tata PR,Pardo-Saganta A,Prabhu M,Vinarsky V,Law BM,Fontaine BA,Tager AM,Rajagopal J

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:Airway neutrophilia is a prominent feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As cigarette smoke (CS) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) both cause release of interleukin-8 (IL-8) from epithelial cells in vitro, we investigated whether autocrine ligands for the EGF receptor (EGFR) are involved in this proinflamm...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Richter A,O'Donnell RA,Powell RM,Sanders MW,Holgate ST,Djukanović R,Davies DE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminins are heterotrimeric proteins that are secreted by the alveolar epithelium into the basement membrane, and their expression is altered in extracellular matrices from patients with pulmonary fibrosis. In a small number of patients with pulmonary fibrosis, we found that the normal basement membrane distribution o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Morales-Nebreda LI,Rogel MR,Eisenberg JL,Hamill KJ,Soberanes S,Nigdelioglu R,Chi M,Cho T,Radigan KA,Ridge KM,Misharin AV,Woychek A,Hopkinson S,Perlman H,Mutlu GM,Pardo A,Selman M,Jones JC,Budinger GR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung elastin synthesis is normally confined to periods of development, is maximal during alveolarization, and declines to low levels in mature lung. We have previously described an elastogenic response in the adult rat lung associated with experimental granulomatous disease induced by silica instillation. Reinitiated ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mariani TJ,Arikan MC,Pierce RA

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：: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：:Gene therapy requires the presence of a robust and yet small promoter to drive high-level expression of desired proteins. In comparative analysis, we investigated the promoter strength of the CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase promoter (CCT alpha) with other commonly used promoters, which were all cloned into a s...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zhou J,You Y,Zabner J,Ryan AJ,Mallampalli RK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that high tidal volumes can cause interstitial and alveolar edema, with degradation of pulmonary epithelial barrier integrity. Separate studies have shown that F-actin disruption and decreased intracellular ATP (ATP(i)) levels in the nonpulmonary epithelium can increase tight junctio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cavanaugh KJ Jr,Oswari J,Margulies SS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (PAF), a proinflammatory lipid mediator, is a potent airway mucin secretagogue. This study assessed the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in PAF-induced mucin release from primary cultures of feline tracheal epithelial cells (FTEC). Mucin secretion was quantitated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Larivée P,Levine SJ,Martinez A,Wu T,Logun C,Shelhamer JH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hypoxia induces proliferation of human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (hPASMCs), leading to remodeling and pulmonary hypertension, but the mechanism remains unclear. The present study tested the roles of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channel (mitoK(ATP)) and mitochondrial membrane potential (Delt...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hu HL,Zhang ZX,Chen CS,Cai C,Zhao JP,Wang X

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic determinants underlying susceptibility to acute lung injury have not been identified. Recently, we found that the strain distribution pattern for mean survival time (MST) to three irritants-ozone, ultrafine Teflon, and nickel sulfate- was shared between inbred mouse strains. For ozone-induced acute lung in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Prows DR,Leikauf GD

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:The ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to form antibiotic-resistant biofilms is thought to account for the inability of current therapies to resolve bacterial infections in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We recently described a system in which highly antibiotic-resistant P. aeruginosa biofilms grow on...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Moreau-Marquis S,O'Toole GA,Stanton BA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Redox imbalance has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many acute and chronic lung diseases. The b-Zip transcription factor Nrf2 acts via an antioxidant/electrophilic response element to regulate antioxidants and maintain cellular redox homeostasis. Our previous studies have shown that Nrf2-deficient mice (Nrf2(-/...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Reddy NM,Kleeberger SR,Cho HY,Yamamoto M,Kensler TW,Biswal S,Reddy SP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucin glycoproteins play a key role in the normal function of the airway epithelium. We examined the expression of mucin genes, MUC3, 4, 5AC, 5B, 6, 7, and 8 in human fetal tissues to establish the localization and age of onset of expression of each mucin gene during human development. We detected expression of MUC4, ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Reid CJ,Gould S,Harris A

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human rhinovirus (HRV) infections are associated with exacerbations of lower-airway diseases. HRV-induced production of proinflammatory chemokines, such as CXCL10, from infected airway epithelial cells may play a role in the pathogenesis of exacerbations. We have previously shown that the MAP/ERK kinase (MEK) pathway ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zaheer RS,Proud D

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant protein (SP)-D, a 43-kD multifunctional collagen-like lectin, is synthesized and secreted by the airway epithelium. SP-D knockout (SP-D [-/-]) mice exhibit an increase in the number and size of airway macrophages, peribronchiolar inflammation, increases in metalloproteinase activity, and development of emph...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Atochina EN,Beers MF,Hawgood S,Poulain F,Davis C,Fusaro T,Gow AJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semaphorins are a large family of proteins originally identified as axon guidance cues that play a crucial role in neural development. They are also ubiquitously expressed beyond the nervous system and contribute to regulation of essential cell functions, such as cell migration, proliferation, and adhesion. Binding of...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Movassagh H,Khadem F,Gounni AS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) are phosphorylated after inhalation of asbestos. The effect of blocking this signaling pathway in lung epithelium is unclear. Asbestos-exposed transgenic mice expressing a dominant-negative mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase-1 (dnMEK1) (i.e., the upstrea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Manning CB,Sabo-Attwood T,Robledo RF,Macpherson MB,Rincón M,Vacek P,Hemenway D,Taatjes DJ,Lee PJ,Mossman BT

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil-associated inflammation during Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection is a determinant of morbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF). Neutrophil apoptosis is a key factor in inflammation resolution and is controlled by cytosolic proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). p21/Waf1, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Martin C,Ohayon D,Alkan M,Mocek J,Pederzoli-Ribeil M,Candalh C,Thevenot G,Millet A,Tamassia N,Cassatella MA,Thieblemont N,Burgel PR,Witko-Sarsat V

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen-mediated lung injury can stimulate a fibroproliferative response resulting in the alteration of the pulmonary extracellular matrix and subsequent scarring of parenchymal tissue. Fibronectin (FN), a component of the extracellular matrix, appears in increased quantities in fibrotic lung disease. Alveolar macropha...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sinkin RA,LoMonaco MB,Finkelstein JN,Watkins RH,Cox C,Horowitz S

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) to induce production of chemokines with known chemotactic activity for monocytes and lymphocytes, the cellular building blocks of granulomas, was investigated. These chemokines included regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), monocyte c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sadek MI,Sada E,Toossi Z,Schwander SK,Rich EA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine whether an intact bone marrow is essential to lung repair following bleomycin-induced lung injury in mice, and the mechanisms of any protective effects conferred by bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell (BMDMSC) transfer. We found that myelosupression increased susceptibility to bleomycin in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Rojas M,Xu J,Woods CR,Mora AL,Spears W,Roman J,Brigham KL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-1β is a potent proinflammatory cytokine that is implicated in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome. We hypothesized that LPS and mechanical ventilation (MV) together could lead to IL-1β secretion and the development of acute lung injury (ALI), and that this process would be dependent on caspase-1...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Jones HD,Crother TR,Gonzalez-Villalobos RA,Jupelli M,Chen S,Dagvadorj J,Arditi M,Shimada K

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin (FN) is an extracellular matrix protein that acts as a substrate for cell migration and adhesion during development. FN adheres to cells through a dimeric membrane protein, the FN receptor. Antibodies to FN and synthetic peptides that inhibit FN-receptor interaction inhibit gastrulation, block neural crest...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Dean DC

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study utilized the monocrotaline (MCT) model of pulmonary hypertension in rats to examine temporal alterations in steady-state levels of basement membrane (BM) component mRNA and deposition of protein using Northern analysis and immunohistochemistry, respectively. MCT (60 mg/kg, subcutaneous) produced sust...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lipke DW,Arcot SS,Gillespie MN,Olson JW

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In these studies, we examined signaling through the transcription factor STAT5 in human peripheral blood eosinophils after treatment with granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or interleukin (IL)-5. In response to either cytokine, STAT5 was rapidly tyrosine phosphorylated and acquired interferon ga...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bhattacharya S,Stout BA,Bates ME,Bertics PJ,Malter JS

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：: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