Interactions of pulmonary surfactant protein D (SP-D) with human blood leukocytes.

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：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) γ is critical for alveolar macrophage (AM) function. Chronic alcohol abuse causes AM phagocytic dysfunction and susceptibility to respiratory infections by stimulating nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide oxidases (Nox), transforming growth factor-β1, and oxidative stress...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Yeligar SM,Mehta AJ,Harris FL,Brown LA,Hart CM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role in shaping antiviral immune responses in the respiratory tract. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a recently identified pathogen and like its better known relative, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), has been increasingly recognized as a major cause of respiratory morbidity in i...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Guerrero-Plata A,Casola A,Suarez G,Yu X,Spetch L,Peeples ME,Garofalo RP

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic fibrosing lung disease of indeterminate etiology and limited therapeutic options. The initiation, development, and progression of IPF are influenced by genetic predisposition, aging, and host and environmental factors, but the magnitude of the contribution of each of th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Pardo A,Selman M

更新日期：2020-09-18 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：:Zn may have an important protective role in the respiratory epithelium and Zn deficiency may enhance airway inflammation and epithelial damage. The effects of mild nutritional Zn deficiency on airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and airway inflammation in mice sensitized and challenged with ovalbumin (OVA) to induce an a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Truong-Tran AQ,Ruffin RE,Foster PS,Koskinen AM,Coyle P,Philcox JC,Rofe AM,Zalewski PD

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pneumonia syndrome (IPS) is a significant clinical problem encountered among patients treated with bone marrow transplantation (BMT). IPS is identified as an inflammatory lung disease characterized by diffuse interstitial pneumonitis and alveolitis leading to interstitial fibrosis in the absence of an ident...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Shankar G,Scott Bryson J,Darrell Jennings C,Kaplan AM,Cohen DA

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：:The development of multiple organ failure in patients with hemorrhagic shock is significantly influenced by patient age. Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a crucial regulator of energy homeostasis, which coordinates metabolic repair during cellular stress. We investigated whether AMPK-regulate...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Klingbeil LR,Kim P,Piraino G,O'Connor M,Hake PW,Wolfe V,Zingarelli B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Profound impairment in cellular oxygen consumption, referred to as cytopathic dysoxia, is one of the pathological hallmarks in the lungs of patients with pathogen-induced acute lung injury (ALI). However, the underlying mechanism for this functional defect remains largely unexplored. In this study, we found that prima...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cui H,Xie N,Banerjee S,Ge J,Guo S,Liu G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effects of acid exposure with moderate acidity (pH 3.0-5.0) on bactericidal activity of airway surface liquid (ASL), ASL was collected by washing the surface of primary cultures of human tracheal epithelial cells 24 h after treatment with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) adjusted to a pH of 3.0, 4.0, or ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Nakayama K,Jia YX,Hirai H,Shinkawa M,Yamaya M,Sekizawa K,Sasaki H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of surfactant, surfactant lipids, and surfactant protein A (SP-A) on the surface phagocytosis of [3H]thymidine-labeled Staphylococcus aureus (SAE) by rat alveolar macrophages were studied. Alveolar macrophages only ingest SAE when the bacteria are opsonized with rat serum prior to incubation with alveolar ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： van Iwaarden F,Welmers B,Verhoef J,Haagsman HP,van Golde LM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung structure undergoes rapid remodeling during late gestation as a functional respiratory unit is formed. To determine the role of collagen turnover in this process, particularly the basement membrane component, we studied the degradation of collagen in a series of fetal rats from day 18 of gestation to full term. D...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Arden MG,Spearman MA,Adamson IY

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-4 and (IL)-13 induce immunoglobulin (Ig)E synthesis via activation of the transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat)6. The present study describes the identification and characterization of antisense oligonucleotides to Stat6 as an approach to interrupt IL-4 and IL-13...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hill S,Herlaar E,Le Cardinal A,van Heeke G,Nicklin P

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoke-induced apoptosis and necrosis contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The induction of heme oxygenase-1 provides cytoprotection against oxidative stress, and may protect in smoking-related disease. Since mitochondria regulate cellular death, we examined the functional ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Slebos DJ,Ryter SW,van der Toorn M,Liu F,Guo F,Baty CJ,Karlsson JM,Watkins SC,Kim HP,Wang X,Lee JS,Postma DS,Kauffman HF,Choi AM

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:New approaches for improving tuberculosis (TB) control using adjunct host-directed cellular and repurposed drug therapies are needed. Autophagy plays a crucial role in the response to TB, and a variety of autophagy-inducing drugs that are currently available for various medical conditions may serve as an adjunct treat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Juárez E,Carranza C,Sánchez G,González M,Chávez J,Sarabia C,Torres M,Sada E

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactosylated poly-L-lysine is a nonviral vector that transfers genes into airway epithelial cells, including those from individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). Substitution of 40% of the epsilon-amino groups of poly-L-lysine with lactosyl residues not only provided a ligand for receptor-mediated endocytosis, but also r...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kollen WJ,Schembri FM,Gerwig GJ,Vliegenthart JF,Glick MC,Scanlin TF

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：:Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is the primary inhibitor of the extrinsic coagulation cascade, and its expression is reported to be relatively stable. Various pathophysiologic agents have been shown to influence TFPI activity by regulating its expression or by modifying the protein. It is not clear how TFPI act...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Jeffers A,Owens S,Koenig K,Quaid B,Pendurthi UR,Rao VM,Idell S,Tucker TA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased activity of lung epithelial sodium channels (ENaCs) contributes to the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis (CF) by increasing the rate of epithelial lining fluid reabsorption. Inter-α-inhibitor (IαI), a serum protease inhibitor, may decrease ENaC activity by preventing its cleavage by serine proteases. High c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lazrak A,Jurkuvenaite A,Ness EC,Zhang S,Woodworth BA,Muhlebach MS,Stober VP,Lim YP,Garantziotis S,Matalon S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously it was reported that hyperoxia induced death of the human lung adenocarcinoma cell line (A549 cells) by necrosis, not by apoptosis. This study examined proliferation and death of untransformed human small airway epithelial (SAE) cells in normoxia or hyperoxia in comparison with A549 cells. We tested the hyp...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Jyonouchi H,Sun S,Abiru T,Chareancholvanich S,Ingbar DH

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:Chemokine receptor (CCR) 5 is expressed on dendritic cells, macrophages, CD8 cells, memory CD4 T cells, and stromal cells, and is frequently used as a marker of T helper type 1 cells. Interventions that abrogate CCR5 or interfere with its ligand binding have been shown to alter T helper type 2-induced inflammatory res...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fuchimoto Y,Kanehiro A,Miyahara N,Koga H,Ikeda G,Waseda K,Tanimoto Y,Ueha S,Kataoka M,Gelfand EW,Tanimoto M

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) is a monofunctional Phase II enzyme inducer, which produces reactive oxygen species. Incubation with a sublethal concentration of TBHQ increased the activities of both gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS), although the mechanisms are different (L...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Liu RM,Hu H,Robison TW,Forman HJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar hypoxia produces widespread systemic inflammation in rats. The inflammation appears to be triggered by activation of mast cells by a mediator released from alveolar macrophages, not by the reduced systemic partial pressure of oxygen (PO2). If this is correct, the following should apply: (1) neither mast cells...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Chao J,Wood JG,Blanco VG,Gonzalez NC

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is thought to be important in the development of pulmonary fibrosis. However, surfactant protein-C/TNF-alpha transgenic mice do not spontaneously develop pulmonary fibrosis but instead develop alveolar enlargement and loss of elastic recoil. We hypothesized that overexpression o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Fujita M,Shannon JM,Morikawa O,Gauldie J,Hara N,Mason RJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 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

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms behind the accumulation of hyaluronan during bleomycin-induced lung injury in rats were investigated. The stimulatory effects of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and alveolar macrophage (AM)-conditioned media on hyaluronan synthesis in normal rat lung fibroblast cultures were studied as wel...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Teder P,Nettelbladt O,Heldin P

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00