Blood and bronchoalveolar lavage endothelin-1 levels in nocturnal asthma.

abstract：RATIONALE:Little is known about the incidence of isoniazid-associated hepatitis in HIV-infected Africans who receive both isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART). OBJECTIVES:To assess the rate of and risk factors for isoniazid (INH)-associated hepatitis in persons living with HIV (PLWH) dur...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tedla Z,Nyirenda S,Peeler C,Agizew T,Sibanda T,Motsamai O,Vernon A,Wells CD,Samandari T

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Small studies have suggested that inhaled corticosteroids can suppress systemic inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of inhaled corticosteroids with or without long-acting beta(2)-adrenergic agonist on systemic biomarkers of inflammation. METHODS:W...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sin DD,Man SF,Marciniuk DD,Ford G,FitzGerald M,Wong E,York E,Mainra RR,Ramesh W,Melenka LS,Wilde E,Cowie RL,Williams D,Gan WQ,Rousseau R,ABC (Advair, Biomarkers in COPD) Investigators.

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E-selectin, an early mediator of leukocyte-endothelial adhesion, is expressed on activated endothelium. Soluble E-selectin is present in the supernatant of cytokine-activated endothelial cells and elevated serum levels are found in a variety of inflammatory conditions. We documented elevated E-selectin serum levels in...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Cummings CJ,Sessler CN,Beall LD,Fisher BJ,Best AM,Fowler AA 3rd

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Studies in patients and experimental animals provide compelling evidence of the involvement of the major thrombin receptor, proteinase-activated receptor-1 (PAR(1)), and the potent chemokine, chemokine (CC motif) ligand-2 (CCL2)/monocyte chemotactic protein-1, in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mercer PF,Johns RH,Scotton CJ,Krupiczojc MA,Königshoff M,Howell DC,McAnulty RJ,Das A,Thorley AJ,Tetley TD,Eickelberg O,Chambers RC

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests that neutrophil-derived proteinases play a major role in lung tissue damage in cystic fibrosis (CF). Most previous studies have focused on serine proteinases such as neutrophil elastase, providing no information on the extent to which metalloproteinases participate in proteolytic pr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Delacourt C,Le Bourgeois M,D'Ortho MP,Doit C,Scheinmann P,Navarro J,Harf A,Hartmann DJ,Lafuma C

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal and lung parenchymal SP-LI (substance P-like immunoreactivity) and VIP-LI (vasoactive intestinal peptide-like immunoreactivity) content was measured in HPLC-purified tissue extracts from patients with and without asthma. We detected significantly less SP-LI in tracheal tissue from asthmatic than from nonasthm...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lilly CM,Bai TR,Shore SA,Hall AE,Drazen JM

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists regarding the clinical utility of pleural fluid pH, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and glucose for identifying complicated parapneumonic effusions that require drainage. In this report, we performed a meta-analysis of pertinent studies, using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) techniques, to asse...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Heffner JE,Brown LK,Barbieri C,DeLeo JM

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The inadequacy of effector T-cell response in containment of tubercle bacilli is believed to result in the development of disseminated forms of tuberculosis (TB), such as miliary tuberculosis (MTB). Regulatory T cells (Treg) plausibly play a critical role in the immunopathogenesis of disseminated TB by suppre...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sharma PK,Saha PK,Singh A,Sharma SK,Ghosh B,Mitra DK

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Drug-resistant tuberculosis transmission in hospitals threatens staff and patient health. Surgical face masks used by patients with tuberculosis (TB) are believed to reduce transmission but have not been rigorously tested. OBJECTIVES:We sought to quantify the efficacy of surgical face masks when worn by pati...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dharmadhikari AS,Mphahlele M,Stoltz A,Venter K,Mathebula R,Masotla T,Lubbe W,Pagano M,First M,Jensen PA,van der Walt M,Nardell EA

更新日期：2012-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on serial lung function measurements performed in 142 children (68 males; 74 females) with cystic fibrosis (CF), prospectively evaluated over an age range of 6 to 20 years, we attempted to determine whether the lung clearance index (LCI) as a measure of ventilation inhomogeneities could be a discriminating facto...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kraemer R,Blum A,Schibler A,Ammann RA,Gallati S

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Arousal is believed to be needed for upper airway opening in obstructive hypopneas-apneas, without compelling evidence to support this notion. The association may be incidental. I studied the temporal relation between arousal and opening and impact of arousal on flow response at opening in 82 patients (apnea-hypopnea ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Younes M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Activin-A is up-regulated in various respiratory disorders. However, its precise role in pulmonary pathophysiology has not been adequately substantiated in vivo. OBJECTIVES:To investigate in vivo the consequences of dysregulated Activin-A expression in the lung and identify key Activin-A-induced processes th...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Apostolou E,Stavropoulos A,Sountoulidis A,Xirakia C,Giaglis S,Protopapadakis E,Ritis K,Mentzelopoulos S,Pasternack A,Foster M,Ritvos O,Tzelepis GE,Andreakos E,Sideras P

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing and magnitude of airway narrowing in central apneas is unknown. We have developed a method of apnea classification that relies on the transmission of cardiac airflow oscillation to indicate airway patency. Using a theoretical model, we showed that the amplitude of the cardiac airflow oscillation is proporti...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lemke RP,Idiong N,Al-Saedi S,Kwiatkowski K,Cates DB,Rigatto H

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cells and proteases that mediate cigarette smoke-induced emphysema are controversial, with evidence favoring either neutrophils and neutrophil-derived serine proteases or macrophages and macrophage-derived metalloproteases as the important effectors. We recently reported that both macrophage metalloelastase (MMP-1...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Churg A,Wang RD,Tai H,Wang X,Xie C,Dai J,Shapiro SD,Wright JL

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the efficacy of a clarithromycin-containing four-drug regimen for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease in 46 patients without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The patients were 14 males and 32 females with a mean age of 60.9 +/- 11.5 yr. Patients received 10 mg/kg/d of cla...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Tanaka E,Kimoto T,Tsuyuguchi K,Watanabe I,Matsumoto H,Niimi A,Suzuki K,Murayama T,Amitani R,Kuze F

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is used to study the epidemiology of tuberculosis, but the specificity of the widely used IS6110 technique has not been validated. Isolates from Denver, Colorado from December 1988 through June 1994 were fingerprinted with the IS6110 technique. Available records were re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Burman WJ,Reves RR,Hawkes AP,Rietmeijer CA,Yang Z,el-Hajj H,Bates JH,Cave MD

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The effect of graft ischemic time on early graft function and long-term survival of patients who underwent lung transplantation remains controversial. Consequently, graft ischemic time has not been incorporated in the decision-making process at the time of graft acceptance. OBJECTIVES:To investigate the rela...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Thabut G,Mal H,Cerrina J,Dartevelle P,Dromer C,Velly JF,Stern M,Loirat P,Lesèche G,Bertocchi M,Mornex JF,Haloun A,Despins P,Pison C,Blin D,Reynaud-Gaubert M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiologic adaptations after an 8-wk endurance training program were examined in 13 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (age, 64 +/- 4 [SD] yr; FEV1, 43 +/- 9% pred; PaO2, 72 +/- 8 mm Hg; and PaCO2, 36 +/- 2 mm Hg) and in eight healthy sedentary control subjects (61 +/- 4 yr). Both pre- and pos...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sala E,Roca J,Marrades RM,Alonso J,Gonzalez De Suso JM,Moreno A,Barberá JA,Nadal J,de Jover L,Rodriguez-Roisin R,Wagner PD

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The IL-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK-1) plays a central role in TLR2- and TLR4-induced activation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, a critical event in the transcriptional regulation of many sepsis-associated proinflammatory mediators. There are two haplotypes for the IRAK-1 gene in Caucasians, with the var...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Arcaroli J,Silva E,Maloney JP,He Q,Svetkauskaite D,Murphy JR,Abraham E

更新日期：2006-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether exposure to ozone (O(3)) 24 hours after an allergen challenge test would increase airway eosinophilia induced by allergen in subjects with mild asthma with late airway response. Twelve subjects with mild atopic asthma participated in a randomized, single-blind study. Subjects underwent allergen...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Vagaggini B,Taccola M,Cianchetti S,Carnevali S,Bartoli ML,Bacci E,Dente FL,Di Franco A,Giannini D,Paggiaro PL

更新日期：2002-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a genetic disorder mainly characterized by failure of automatic control of breathing, causing alveolar hypoventilation. Little is known regarding cough in CCHS. Parental reports indicate that patients cough normally during airway infections; however, previ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Lavorini F,Fontana GA,Pantaleo T,Geri P,Piumelli R,Pistolesi M,Widdicombe J

更新日期：2007-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Normative spirometric values were derived from 5,042 white (of mainly European ancestry) and black (of mainly African ancestry) men and women paper plant workers who are never-smokers, with no respiratory symptoms or diagnoses and no history of occupational exposure to fibrogenic dusts or irritant chemicals. This coho...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Glindmeyer HW,Lefante JJ,McColloster C,Jones RN,Weill H

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cell analysis for the diagnosis and management of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) has been a subject of debate and controversy. The American Thoracic Society (ATS) sponsored a committee of international experts to examine all relevant l...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Meyer KC,Raghu G,Baughman RP,Brown KK,Costabel U,du Bois RM,Drent M,Haslam PL,Kim DS,Nagai S,Rottoli P,Saltini C,Selman M,Strange C,Wood B,American Thoracic Society Committee on BAL in Interstitial Lung Disease.

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of addition of montelukast to inhaled fluticasone propionate (FP) therapy, compared with FP therapy alone (100 microg twice a day) on airway immunopathology in individuals with mild asthma. Twenty-eight subjects received FP (100 microg twice a day) or FP (100 microg t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： O'Sullivan S,Akveld M,Burke CM,Poulter LW

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective treatment of tuberculosis requires adherence to a minimum of 6 months treatment with multiple drugs. To improve adherence and cure rates, directly observed therapy is recommended for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. We compared treatment outcomes among all culture-positive patients treated for active...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Jasmer RM,Seaman CB,Gonzalez LC,Kawamura LM,Osmond DH,Daley CL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the usefulness of positron emission tomography with fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (PET-FDG) in assessing mediastinal disease in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to compare its yield to that of computed tomography (CT), we performed a prospective consecutive sample investigation in a university...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chin R Jr,Ward R,Keyes JW,Choplin RH,Reed JC,Wallenhaupt S,Hudspeth AS,Haponik EF

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Luteolin is a flavonoid that has been shown to reduce proinflammatory molecule expression in vitro. In the present study, we have tested the ability of luteolin to inhibit lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- induced lethal toxicity and proinflammatory molecule expression in vivo. Mice receiving LPS (Salmonella enteriditis LPS, ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kotanidou A,Xagorari A,Bagli E,Kitsanta P,Fotsis T,Papapetropoulos A,Roussos C

更新日期：2002-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The place of surgical treatment in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) remains unclear. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) has a response rate of 41% overall and only 5% when retrolingual narrowing is present. Thus, in cases with suspected hypopharyngeal collapse maxillofacial surgery has been proposed with improved...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bettega G,Pépin JL,Veale D,Deschaux C,Raphaël B,Lévy P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In complex diseases of genetic etiology such as asthma and atopy, it is difficult to differentiate causes of disease from consequences, and quantitate the importance of such causative factors. We examined possible risk factors for the development of wheezing and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in a cotwin-control study ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Duffy DL,Mitchell CA,Martin NG

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the value and applicability of tidal breathing pattern analysis to assess airflow obstruction in young children. The time needed to reach maximal tidal expiratory flow (TME) divided by total expiratory time (TE) was measured in 228 healthy children 3 to 11 yr of age, 64 patients wit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： van der Ent CK,Brackel HJ,van der Laag J,Bogaard JM

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00