Abstract：
BACKGROUND:The inhalation of silicon dioxide (SiO2) particles causes silicosis, a stubborn pulmonary disease that is characterized by alveolar inflammation during the early stage. Soluble cytokine receptors (SCRs) play important roles in regulating inflammation by either attenuating or promoting cytokine signaling. However, the role of SCRs in silicosis remains unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS:Luminex assays revealed increased soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (sVEGFR) family levels in the plasma of silicosis patients. In an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), cells from the differentiated human monocytic cell line U937 released sVEGFR family proteins after exposure to SiO2 (50μg/cm2). Further Western blot experiments revealed that VEGFR expression was also elevated in U937 cells. In contrast, levels of sVEGFR family members did not change in the supernatants of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) after exposure to SiO2 (50μg/cm2). Interestingly, VEGFR expression in HUVECs decreased after SiO2 treatment. In a scratch assay, HUVECs exhibited cell migration ability, indicating the acquisition of mesenchymal properties. CONCLUSION:Our findings highlight the important role of sVEGFRs in both inflammation and fibrosis induced by SiO2, suggesting a possible mechanism for the fibrogenic effects observed in pulmonary diseases associated with fibrosis.
journal_name
Respir Physiol Neurobioljournal_title
Respiratory physiology & neurobiologyauthors
Chao J,Lv Y,Chen J,Wang J,Yao Hdoi
10.1016/j.resp.2017.08.015subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-01-01 00:00:00pages
1-8eissn
1569-9048issn
1878-1519pii
S1569-9048(17)30169-6journal_volume
247pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Newborn mammals exhibit a biphasic hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) in which an initial increase in ventilation is followed by a decline back toward baseline levels. The magnitude of the secondary decline diminishes with postnatal age, but this transition occurs earlier in rat pups reared in moderate hyperoxia. This...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2020.103483
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (nHFOV) in neonates is increasingly considered due to enhanced alveolar ventilation, absence of patient-ventilator asynchrony and lessened ventilator-induced lung injury. Although any type of non-invasive respiratory support can lead to gastric distension via esophageal air...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2018.02.003
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The trigeminal and olfactory systems interact during sensory processing of odor. Here, we investigate odor-evoked modulations of brainstem respiratory networks in a decerebrated perfused brainstem preparation of rat with intact olfactory bulbs. Intranasal application of non-trigeminal odors (rose) did not evoke respir...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2016.07.008
更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:If, as postulated, the end of the steady state phase (φ2) of cardiovascular responses to apnoea corresponds to the physiological breaking point, then we may hypothesize that φ2 should become visible if exercise apnoeas are performed in pure oxygen. We tested this hypothesis on 9 professional divers by means of continu...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2018.05.003
更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Normal development of the lung requires coordinated activation of cascades of signaling pathways initiated by growth factors signaling through their receptors. TrkB and its ligands, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin-4, belong to the neurotrophin family of growth factors, which are expressed in ...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2009.06.001
更新日期：2009-07-31 00:00:00
abstract：:Changes in airway temperature can result in respiratory responses such as cough, bronchoconstriction and mucosal secretion after cold exposure and hyperventilation after heat exposure. In the present investigation, we examined the activity of bronchopulmonary receptors in response to activators of thermo-sensitive tra...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2011.05.011
更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Basal respiration and respiratory reflex regulations are considerably different during the awake and sleep states. Tidal volume and respiratory frequency diminish during sleep, and hypoxic and hypercapnic ventilatory responses also decline during sleep. Reduced metabolic demand during sleep cannot completely explain t...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2008.03.011
更新日期：2008-12-10 00:00:00
abstract：:There are many reports of olfactory impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and the impairment can be observed before the appearance of typical PD symptom. Accordingly, olfactory screening tests may predict disease onset and indicates a need for early treatment before classic signs of the disease. Olfacti...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2008.01.003
更新日期：2008-04-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Maximal metabolic rate (MMR) of mammals scales differently from basal metabolic rate (BMR). This is first shown by scrutinizing data reported on exercise-induced Vo2 max in 34 eutherian mammalian species covering a body mass range of 7 g-500 kg. Vo2 max was found to scale with the 0.872 (+/-0.029, 95% confidence limit...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2004.01.006
更新日期：2004-05-20 00:00:00
abstract：:Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) commonly complain about difficulty in sleeping. Although various sleep disordered breathing definitions and indices are used that make comparisons between studies difficult, it seems evident that the frequency of sleep disorders is higher in individuals with SCI, especially wi...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2009.08.014
更新日期：2009-11-30 00:00:00
abstract：:The adult elephant is unique among mammals in that the pleural membranes are thickened and the pleural cavity is obliterated by connective tissue. It has been suggested that this peculiar anatomy developed because the animal can snorkel at depth, and this behavior subjects the microvessels in the parietal pleura to a ...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s1569-9048(03)00199-x
更新日期：2003-11-14 00:00:00
abstract：:Lung ultrasonography (LUS) and computed tomography (CT) were compared for quantitative assessment of extravascular lung water (EVLW) in 10 isolated bovine lung lobes. LUS and CT were obtained at different inflation pressures before and after instillation with known amounts of hypotonic saline. A video-based quantitati...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2013.04.002
更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Classical understanding of airway lumen narrowing in asthma has held that the isometric force generated by airway smooth muscle (ASM) must be at every instant in a static mechanical equilibrium with the external load against which the muscle has shortened. It has been established recently, however, that this balance o...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s1569-9048(03)00141-1
更新日期：2003-09-16 00:00:00
abstract：:Cervical spinal cord injury results in significant functional impairment. It is important to understand the neuroplasticity in response to inactivity of respiratory muscles in order to prevent any associated effects that limit functional recovery. Recent studies have examined the mechanisms involved in inactivity-indu...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2009.09.002
更新日期：2009-11-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Coefficient of kinetic friction (μ) between rabbit visceral and parietal pleura, sliding in vitro at physiological velocities and load, increases markedly after blotting mesothelial surface with filter paper; this increase is only partially reduced by wetting blotted mesothelium with Ringer solution. Given that mesoth...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2011.10.006
更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：UNLABELLED:We searched for pre-junctional inhibitory muscarinic receptors in isolated bovine trachealis strips and bronchial rings. Electric stimulation (ES)-induced tritiated acetylcholine ([(3)H]-ACh)-release and isometric contractions were determined in muscles incubated with the non-selective muscarinic agonist pil...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2011.10.007
更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a key component of a kinase cascade that regulates energy balance at the cellular level. Our recent research has raised the possibility that AMPK may also function to couple hypoxic inhibition of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation to O(2)-sensitive K(+) channel inhibition an...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2007.01.021
更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Previously we have reported that association of cigarette smoke (CS) and chronic hypoxia (CH) interact positively to physiopathologically remodel pulmonary circulation. In present study we have exposed guinea pigs to CS smoke (four cigarettes/day; 3 months; CS) and to chronic hypoxia (12% O(2), 15 days; CH) alone or i...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2011.09.013
更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00
abstract：:During prolonged anoxia at low temperature, freshwater turtles develop high plasma concentrations of both lactate and calcium. At these concentrations the formation of the complex, calcium lactate, normally of little biological significance because of the low association constant for the reaction, significantly reduce...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2004.06.020
更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Increased transdiaphragmatic pressure, reduced muscle blood flow, and increased duty cycle have all been associated with a reduction in the center frequency (CFdi) of the diaphragm's electrical activity (EAdi). However, the specific influence of diaphragm activation on CFdi is unknown. We evaluated whether increased d...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2004.11.006
更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We questioned the assumption that polycythemia is essential for adaptation to chronic hypoxia. Thus, the objective of our study was to determine if anemic Epo-TAg(h) mice could survive in hypoxia despite low oxygen carrying capacity. We explored the possibility that ventilatory acclimatisation is involved in the strat...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2005.08.006
更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cardiogenic oscillations are small waves produced by heartbeats, which are superimposed on the pressure and flow signals at the airway opening. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the two main factors believed to generate these oscillations: (1) contact between heart and lungs and (2) pulmonary blood ...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2009.04.026
更新日期：2009-07-31 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, surface EMG of parasternal intercostal muscle has been incorporated in the "ERS Statement of Respiratory Muscle Testing" as a clinical technique to monitor the neural respiratory drive (NRD). However, the anatomy of the parasternal muscle risks confounding EMG "crosstalk" activity from neighboring ...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2020.103572
更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00
abstract：:During embryonic development of homeothermic animals like birds and mammals transition from ectothermy to endothermy occurs especially in precocial species of both taxa. Based on some evolutionary aspects of the development of endothermy the review focuses on the prenatal development of endothermy and of the thermoreg...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2011.06.004
更新日期：2011-08-31 00:00:00
abstract：:A murine model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) was used to evaluate whether aquaporin-1 (AQP1) is involved in lung inflammation and lung edema formation. Swiss strain mice (n = 122) had LPS (5 mg/kg) instilled intratracheally (IT), and were then treated with either 0.9 % saline or dexametha...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2004.05.001
更新日期：2004-08-20 00:00:00
abstract：:This study investigated the effects of four exposures to normobaric hypoxia (SIH group; FIO₂ = 0.120, N=10) or placebo-control normoxia (Control group; FIO₂ = 0.209, N=9) on cardio-respiratory responses to hypoxic exercise. Before and after the exposures all subjects performed a constant power test (CP) to exhaustion ...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2012.02.008
更新日期：2012-04-30 00:00:00
abstract：:The mechanisms involved in the fall of exhaled nitric oxide (NOe) concentration occurring in normal, anesthetized open chest rabbits with prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) at low lung volume have been investigated. NOe, pH of exhaled vapor condensate, serum prostaglandin E(2), and F(2alpha), tumor necrosis factor ...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2007.10.001
更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Angiotensin II (Ang II) has been demonstrated as a pro-inflammatory effect in acute lung injury, but studies of the effect of Ang II on the formation of pulmonary edema and alveolar filling remains unclear. Therefore, in this study the regulation of alveolar fluid clearance (AFC) and the expression of epithelial sodiu...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2011.11.009
更新日期：2012-04-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene which is a Cl- channel and a regulator of the epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC). We have recently shown that newborn CFTR-deficient mice exhibit abnormalities of the tracheal cartilage leading to altered vent...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2011.06.006
更新日期：2011-09-15 00:00:00
abstract：:At high altitude, hypoxia amplifies oxyhemoglobin saturation (SPO2) swings with changes in respiratory mechanics. Our objective was to examine the effects of posture on SPO2 and determine predictors of postural SPO2 changes in highlanders. 50 native highlanders from Puno, Peru (3825 m) assumed supine and upright-seate...
journal_title：Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.resp.2019.04.015
更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00
