Pulmonary surfactant protein A enhances the host-defense mechanism of rat alveolar macrophages.

abstract：:Surface airway epithelium is frequently injured by noxious inhaled agents, epithelial wound repair may be an important process by which the epithelial barrier integrity is maintained. To evaluate the role of surface airway cells in the wound repair process, we developed an in vitro wounding model of human nasal epithe...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zahm JM,Chevillard M,Puchelle E

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that the surface fluid secreted by human airway epithelial cells contains antimicrobial activity. The identification of the factor(s) responsible for the antibacterial activity in airway surface fluid may bring new insights into lung defense mechanisms and the pathogenesis of disease. Defensin...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： McCray PB Jr,Bentley L

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：: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：:The glucocorticoids (GC) and retinoids (RA) modulate branching morphogenesis and cytodifferentiation in the developing lung. We investigated downstream target genes that link glucocorticoid stimulation to the achievement of a mature lung in glucocorticoid receptor (GR) knockout mice. All GR(null) mice and approximatel...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kaplan F,Comber J,Sladek R,Hudson TJ,Muglia LJ,Macrae T,Gagnon S,Asada M,Brewer JA,Sweezey NB

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-8 (IL-8) are inflammatory cytokines produced by alveolar macrophages (AMs) and implicated in sepsis-related adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Preliminary findings from clinical trials suggest that aerosolized ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Thomassen MJ,Meeker DP,Antal JM,Connors MJ,Wiedemann HP

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:Although several studies have demonstrated that the pulmonary collectins surfactant protein (SP)-A and SP-D contribute to innate immunity by enhancing pathogen phagocytosis, the role of SP-A and SP-D in regulating production of free radicals and cytokines is controversial. We hypothesized that the state and mechanism ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Stamme C,Walsh E,Wright JR

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-glucans represent major structural components of fungal cell walls. We recently reported that Pneumocystis carinii beta-glucans stimulate alveolar macrophages to release proinflammatory cytokines. Macrophage activation by beta-glucan is augmented by serum, implying the presence of circulating factors that interac...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Vassallo R,Kottom TJ,Standing JE,Limper AH

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the relative roles of Duox2-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) in host defense against influenza A virus (IAV) infection in normal human nasal epithelial cells and mouse nasal mucosa. We found that Duox2 primarily generated ROS rapidly after IAV infection in normal human nasal epithelial cells and that k...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kim HJ,Kim CH,Kim MJ,Ryu JH,Seong SY,Kim S,Lim SJ,Holtzman MJ,Yoon JH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis remaining the most common cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants worldwide, treatment has progressed little in the past 30 years. The aim of our study was to determine whether post-infection administration of de novo pyrimidine synthesis inhibitors c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Davis IC,Lazarowski ER,Chen FP,Hickman-Davis JM,Sullender WM,Matalon S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the pan CD28/cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen (CTL)A-4 antagonist CTLA4 immunoglobulin (Ig) inhibits eosinophilic airway inflammation in Schistosoma mansoni-sensitized and airway-challenged mice. In the present study, the importance of CD28 as well as the individual roles of CD80 and CD8...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mathur M,Herrmann K,Qin Y,Gulmen F,Li X,Krimins R,Weinstock J,Elliott D,Bluestone JA,Padrid P

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muc1 is a heterodimeric mucin that is expressed on the apical surface of airway epithelial cells as well as hematopoietic cells. Both in vivo and in vitro studies revealed that Muc1 suppresses inflammatory responses induced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA). In this study, we sought to determine, using intact animals (C5...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Choi S,Park YS,Koga T,Treloar A,Kim KC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an essential role in maintaining the homeostatic balance of immune responses. Asthma is an inflammatory condition of the airways that is driven by dysregulated immune responses toward normally innocuous antigens. Individuals with asthma have fewer and less functional Tregs, which may le...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Thorburn AN,Hansbro PM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is synthesized intracellularly by the enzymes cystathionine-γ-lyase and cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS), and is proposed to be a gasotransmitter with effects in modulating inflammation and cellular proliferation. We determined a role of H(2)S in airway smooth muscle (ASM) function. ASM were rem...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Perry MM,Hui CK,Whiteman M,Wood ME,Adcock I,Kirkham P,Michaeloudes C,Chung KF

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway epithelial cells can respond to infection by activating several signaling pathways. We examined the induction of apoptosis in response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 in normal cells and several cystic fibrosis (CF) and corrected cell lines. Epithelial cells in monolayers with tight junctions, confirmed by apica...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Rajan S,Cacalano G,Bryan R,Ratner AJ,Sontich CU,van Heerckeren A,Davis P,Prince A

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques are described for visualizing intracellular tropoelastin at the light level using immunofluorescence and immunogold techniques. Best results were obtained with B5 fixative on cells permeabilized with acetone. Using either formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde for fixation (instead of B5) resulted in both less re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Grosso LE,Whitehouse LA,Mecham RP

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of preexisting and newly synthesized extracellular matrix is thought to play an important role in tissue remodeling. The current study evaluated whether thrombin and TNF-alpha/IL-1beta could collaboratively induce collagen degradation by human fetal lung fibroblasts (HFL-1) and adult bronchial fibroblasts ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fang Q,Liu X,Al-Mugotir M,Kobayashi T,Abe S,Kohyama T,Rennard SI

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging is associated with metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and neurodegeneration. Aging contributes to common processes including metabolic dysfunction, DNA damage, and reactive oxygen species generation. Although glycolysis has been linked to cell growth and prolifer...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cho SJ,Moon JS,Lee CM,Choi AM,Stout-Delgado HW

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (HPAH) is a serious lung vascular disease caused by heterozygous mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathway genes, BMPR2 and SMAD9. One noncanonical function of BMP signaling regulates biogenesis of a subset of microRNAs. We have previously shown that this funct...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Drake KM,Dunmore BJ,McNelly LN,Morrell NW,Aldred MA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is characterized by abnormal smooth muscle-like cell proliferation leading to tissue destruction and cyst formation. We demonstrate that serum response factor (SRF), a critical smooth muscle transcription factor, is overexpressed in LAM cells. To determine whether abnormal SRF ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zhe X,Yang Y,Jakkaraju S,Schuger L

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：: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：:SLC6A14-mediated l-arginine transport has been shown to augment the residual anion channel activity of the major mutant, F508del-CFTR, in the murine gastrointestinal tract. It is not yet known if this transporter augments residual and pharmacological corrected F508del-CFTR in primary airway epithelia. We sought to det...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ahmadi S,Wu YS,Li M,Ip W,Lloyd-Kuzik A,Di Paola M,Du K,Xia S,Lew A,Bozoky Z,Forman-Kay J,Bear CE,Gonska T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, scarring lung disease characterized by fibroblast accumulation and deposition of collagen. Factors that promote growth and/or survival of fibroblasts are potential therapeutic targets. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2), a member of the aminopeptidase family of p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kass D,Bridges RS,Borczuk A,Greenberg S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant lines the alveolar surface and prevents alveolar collapse. Derangements of surfactant cause respiratory failure and interstitial lung diseases. The collectins, surfactant proteins A and D, are also important in innate host defense. However, surfactant regulation in the postnatal lung is poorly understood. W...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Koth LL,Alex B,Hawgood S,Nead MA,Sheppard D,Erle DJ,Morris DG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are the primary lung phagocyte and are instrumental in maintenance of a sterile, noninflamed microenvironment. IFNs are produced in response to bacterial and viral infection, and activate the macrophage to efficiently counteract and remove pathogenic invaders. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) inhibits IFN...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Senft AP,Taylor RH,Lei W,Campbell SA,Tipper JL,Martinez MJ,Witt TL,Clay CC,Harrod KS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) acting through epithelial nucleotide receptors exerts multiple physiologic actions on airway mucociliary clearance and caliber. However, the effect of ATP on arachidonate metabolism in the airway remains unknown. In this study, the ability of ATP to regulate eicosanoid production was studi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Aksoy MO,Borenstein M,Li XX,Kelsen SG

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of bombesin-like peptides (BLPs) by pulmonary neuroendocrine cells is transiently upregulated during lung development. A functional role for BLPs is supported by their ability to stimulate lung growth and maturation both in vitro and in vivo during the late stages of lung development. In addition, the c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Aguayo SM,Schuyler WE,Murtagh JJ Jr,Roman J

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nose is an attractive source of airway epithelial cells, particularly in populations in which bronchoscopy may not be possible. However, substituting nasal cells for bronchial epithelial cells in the study of airway inflammation depends upon comparability of responses, and evidence for this is lacking. Our objecti...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： McDougall CM,Blaylock MG,Douglas JG,Brooker RJ,Helms PJ,Walsh GM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00