Gene therapy approaches for inherited and acquired lung diseases.

abstract：:In the current study, we describe cytokine and Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induction of nitric oxide (NO) synthase mRNA levels in cultured smooth muscle from rat pulmonary artery (RPASM). Exposure of RPASM to interleukin-1 beta, interferon-gamma, or LPS alone did not significantly affect NO synthesis, as...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Nakayama DK,Geller DA,Lowenstein CJ,Chern HD,Davies P,Pitt BR,Simmons RL,Billiar TR

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoxins (LX) are proresolving mediators that augment host defense against bacterial infection. Here, we investigated roles for LX in lung clearance of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans (Cne). After intranasal inoculation of 5,000 CFU Cne, C57BL/6 and C.B-17 mice exhibited strain-dependent differences in Cne...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Colby JK,Gott KM,Wilder JA,Levy BD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) metabolizes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cigarette smoke to DNA-binding reactive intermediates associated with carcinogenesis. Epidemiologic studies indicate that the majority of coal miners are smokers but have a lower risk of lung cancer than other smokers. We hypothesized that coa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ghanem MM,Porter D,Battelli LA,Vallyathan V,Kashon ML,Ma JY,Barger MW,Nath J,Castranova V,Hubbs AF

更新日期：2004-08-01 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 have tested the murine macrophagic cell line RAW 264.7 for its ability to undergo activation after exposure to silica particles in vitro. When exposed to silica under controlled conditions (each cell having access to about 10 silica particles), RAW 264.7 cells were able to phagocytose the particles. Concomitantly, ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Claudio E,Segade F,Wróbel K,Ramos S,Lazo PS

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to elucidate the effects of aging on diaphragmatic mitochondrial function. Diaphragm mitochondria were prepared from specific pathogen-free rats aged 7 wk (n = 7), 35 wk (n = 7), and 55 wk (n = 7). The activities of various portions of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, i.e., com...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Torii K,Sugiyama S,Takagi K,Satake T,Ozawa T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple cytokines play a role in the orchestration of inflammation in inflammatory airway diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, through the recruitment, activation and survival of inflammatory cells. Lymphokines secreted from T cells regulate the pattern of inflammation, whereas proinflammatory cyt...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Barnes PJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) exists as both intracellular NAMPT and extracellular NAMPT (eNAMPT) proteins. eNAMPT is secreted into the blood and functions as a cytokine/enzyme (cytozyme) that activates NF-κB signaling via ligation of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), further serving as a biomarker for inf...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Oita RC,Camp SM,Ma W,Ceco E,Harbeck M,Singleton P,Messana J,Sun X,Wang T,Garcia JGN

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the lung is repeatedly subjected to injury by pathogens and toxicants, maintenance of pulmonary homeostasis requires rapid repair of its epithelial surfaces. Ciliated bronchiolar epithelial cells, previously considered as terminally differentiated, underwent squamous cell metaplasia within hours after bronchiola...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Park KS,Wells JM,Zorn AM,Wert SE,Laubach VE,Fernandez LG,Whitsett JA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar type II cells produce pulmonary surfactant and serve as the stem cell of the alveolar epithelium by proliferating and transforming into type I cells. The study of the differentiated function and proliferative capacity of type II cells in response to injury in vivo has been hindered by the complexity of the sy...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kinnard WV,Tuder R,Papst P,Fisher JH

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clara-cell populations show a high degree of variation in susceptibility to injury by bioactivated cytotoxicants. Because glutathione (GSH) is critical for detoxification of electrophilic metabolites, heterogeneity in Clara cell GSH levels may lead to a wide range of cytotoxic responses. This study was designed to def...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： West JA,Chichester CH,Buckpitt AR,Tyler NK,Brennan P,Helton C,Plopper CG

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neutrophils play critical roles in innate immunity, in excess these cells cause severe tissue damage. Thus, neutrophil activation must be tightly regulated to prevent indiscriminant damage. Previously, we reported that mice lacking matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 7 are protected from lung injury owing to marke...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gill SE,Nadler ST,Li Q,Frevert CW,Park PW,Chen P,Parks WC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T lymphocytes and alveolar macrophages accumulating in the lower respiratory tract of patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis are known to be activated to produce several cytokines, presumably leading to granuloma formation within the lung. We hypothesized that these cells produce colony-stimulating factors (CSFs), which ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Itoh A,Yamaguchi E,Kuzumaki N,Okazaki N,Furuya K,Abe S,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:German cockroach extract synergistically regulates tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced interleukin (IL)-8 expression in human airway epithelial cells. The IL-8 promoter contains nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, activating protein (AP)-1, and NF for IL-6 (NF-IL6) transcription factor binding regions. Because coc...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Page K,Hughes VS,Odoms KK,Dunsmore KE,Hershenson MB

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：: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：:The doxycycline-inducible, gene regulatory system allows tight control of transgene expression for the study of organ development and disease pathogenesis. Multiple recent reports have employed this model to investigate various lung diseases including emphysema. For our study, we used this transgenic system to test wh...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sisson TH,Hansen JM,Shah M,Hanson KE,Du M,Ling T,Simon RH,Christensen PJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Macrophage elastase (MMP12) is a key mediator of cigarette smoke (CS)-induced emphysema, yet its role in other smoking related pathologies remains unclear. The weight suppressing effects of smoking are a major hindrance to cessation efforts, and MMP12 is known to suppress the vascularization on which adipose tissue gr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tsuji T,Kelly NJ,Takahashi S,Leme AS,Houghton AM,Shapiro SD

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the potential of several epithelial-derived factors to enhance neutrophil activation and survival. Neutrophils incubated in the presence of supernatants from nasal-derived primary epithelial cultures had significantly increased survival compared with neutrophils cultured in media alone. Of the cytokines re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Daffern PJ,Jagels MA,Hugli TE

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-1beta stimulates the release of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) from lung epithelial cells. To investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying GM-CSF regulation, we studied GM-CSF production, messenger RNA (mRNA) expression levels, and GM-CSF promoter activity in A549 human a...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bergmann M,Barnes PJ,Newton R

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：: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：:While elastin degradation is a hallmark of pulmonary emphysema, it is likely that elastin synthesis also occurs. However, the supramolecular structure and function of the newly synthesized elastin are abnormal. Very little is known about the regulation of elastin synthesis during the development of emphysema when prom...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： McGowan SE,McNamer R

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by a dramatic neutrophil recruitment and repeated Pseudomonas infections in the lungs. To evaluate cytokine releasibility by airway epithelial cells in the context of CF, we studied primary nasal epithelial cells isolated from the upper airways and continuous epithelial cell lines...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bédard M,McClure CD,Schiller NL,Francoeur C,Cantin A,Denis M

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:Rat alveolar type II pneumocytes, in situ, label with Maclura pomifera agglutinin (MPA), a plant lectin that recognizes alpha-galactosyl oligosaccharide residues of glycoproteins and glycolipids. To study the glycoproteins recognized by the lectin, MPA lectin affinity chromatography was used to isolate a novel glycopr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lwebuga-Mukasa JS

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of the genetic loci underlying asthma in humans has been hampered by variability in clinical phenotype, uncontrolled environmental influences, and genetic heterogeneity. To circumvent these complications, the genetic regulation of asthma-associated phenotypes was studied in a murine model. We characteri...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ewart SL,Kuperman D,Schadt E,Tankersley C,Grupe A,Shubitowski DM,Peltz G,Wills-Karp M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motile cilia are essential for clearance of particulates and pathogens from airways. For effective transport, ciliary motor proteins and axonemal structures interact to generate the rhythmic, propulsive bending, but the mechanisms that produce a dynamic waveform remain incompletely understood. Biomechanical measures o...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Oltean A,Schaffer AJ,Bayly PV,Brody SL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00