Proteins and phospholipids in BAL from patients with hydrostatic pulmonary edema.

abstract：:The lobar and cephalocaudal distribution of aerated and nonaerated lung and of PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment is unknown in acute lung injury (ALI). Dimensions of the lungs and volumes of aerated and nonaerated parts of each pulmonary lobe were measured using a computerized tomographic quantitative analysis and com...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Puybasset L,Cluzel P,Chao N,Slutsky AS,Coriat P,Rouby JJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phl p5 is a major allergen of timothy grass and causes rhinitis and bronchial asthma in nearly all patients allergic to grass pollen. The biochemical processing of this molecule by the nasal mucosa at its first encounter and possible changes of its biologic activity are unknown. Two isoforms of the allergen were expre...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bufe A,Gehlhar K,Schramm G,Schlaak M,Becker WM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to examine the dose-dependence of the airway response to animal allergens we performed environmental challenges on 17 workers with documented IgE-mediated allergic reactions to laboratory rats. The 1-h environmental challenges were conducted in a vivarium during cage cleaning (high-allergen challenge), quiet ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Eggleston PA,Ansari AA,Adkinson NF Jr,Wood RA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The association between aging and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is established. The associations between aging-related biomarkers and interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) have not been comprehensively evaluated. OBJECTIVE:Evaluate associations between aging biomarkers, ILA, and all-cause mortality. METHODS...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sanders JL,Putman RK,Dupuis J,Xu H,Murabito JM,Araki T,Nishino M,Benjamin EJ,Levy DL,Vasan RS,Washko GR,Curtis JL,Freeman CM,Bowler R,Hatabu H,O'Connor GT,Hunninghake GM

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases of the respiratory tract are among the leading causes of death in the world population. Increasing evidence points to a key role of the innate immune system with its pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) in both infectious and noninfectious lung diseases, which include pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Opitz B,van Laak V,Eitel J,Suttorp N

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work from our laboratory has indicated that mechanoreceptor feedback from the respiratory muscles may play an important role in arousal and apnea termination in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Other studies have pointed to a prominent role for chemoreceptor stimuli. We postulated that mechanoreceptor stimuli f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kimoff RJ,Cheong TH,Olha AE,Charbonneau M,Levy RD,Cosio MG,Gottfried SB

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human pleural space is lined by a single layer of mesothelial cells, the intracellular pH (pH(i)) of which has never been investigated. In the present study, the intrinsic buffering power of H+ ions (beta(i)) and the pH(i) regulatory systems were investigated in primary cultures of human pleural mesothelial cells ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Liaw YS,Yang PC,Yu CJ,Kuo SH,Luh KT,Lin YJ,Wu ML

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians are frequently faced with patients in whom the radiographic resolution of community-acquired pneumonia seems delayed. Previous studies of radiographic resolution of the disease have yielded conflicting results. We prospectively assessed the radiographic resolution of pneumonia in 81 non-immuno-compromised p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Mittl RL Jr,Schwab RJ,Duchin JS,Goin JE,Albeida SM,Miller WT

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Corticosteroids are the antiinflammatory treatment of choice in asthma. Treatment guidelines are mainly symptom-driven but symptoms are not closely related to airway inflammation. The fraction of nitric oxide in exhaled air (FENO) is a marker of airway inflammation in asthma. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated whether t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Pijnenburg MW,Bakker EM,Hop WC,De Jongste JC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Superoxide dismutase (SOD) 3 inhibits oxidative fragmentation of lung matrix components collagen I, hyaluronan, and heparan sulfate. Inherited change in SOD3 expression or function could affect lung matrix homeostasis and influence pulmonary function. OBJECTIVES:To identify novel SOD3 polymorphisms that are ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Dahl M,Bowler RP,Juul K,Crapo JD,Levy S,Nordestgaard BG

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The relationship between clinical phenotype of childhood primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and ultrastructural defects and genotype is poorly defined. OBJECTIVES:To delineate clinical features of childhood PCD and their associations with ultrastructural defects and genotype. METHODS:A total of 118 participan...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Davis SD,Ferkol TW,Rosenfeld M,Lee HS,Dell SD,Sagel SD,Milla C,Zariwala MA,Pittman JE,Shapiro AJ,Carson JL,Krischer JP,Hazucha MJ,Cooper ML,Knowles MR,Leigh MW

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Balb/C mice, painting the skin with ovalbumin (OVA) over a period of 14 days resulted in sensitization of the animals. This was documented by the appearance of OVA-specific IgE and IgG1 antibodies and increased total serum IgE levels. In addition, in regional (inguinal) lymph nodes of sensitized animals, OVA-specif...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Saloga J,Renz H,Larsen GL,Gelfand EW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The mechanism by which acute allograft rejection leads to chronic rejection remains poorly understood despite its common occurrence. Exosomes, membrane vesicles released from cells within the lung allograft, contain a diverse array of biomolecules that closely reflect the biologic state of the cell and tissue...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Gregson AL,Hoji A,Injean P,Poynter ST,Briones C,Palchevskiy V,Weigt SS,Shino MY,Derhovanessian A,Sayah D,Saggar R,Ross D,Ardehali A,Lynch JP 3rd,Belperio JA

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Despite increasing recognition of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling in tissue remodeling, the expression pattern of ligands and signaling pathways remain undefined in the asthmatic airway. OBJECTIVES:To determine expression of BMP ligands (BMP-2, BMP-4, and BMP-7) and type I and type II receptors (A...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Kariyawasam HH,Xanthou G,Barkans J,Aizen M,Kay AB,Robinson DS

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in dynamic lung compliance during inspiration and expiration cannot be modeled accurately with conventional algorithms. We developed a simple method to analyze pressure-volume (P/V) relationships under condition of nonlinearity (APVNL) and tested it in a lung model with known resistance and nonlinear P/V relat...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Nikischin W,Gerhardt T,Everett R,Bancalari E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with systemic hypertension. Either overnight intermittent hypoxia, or the recurrent arousals that occur in OSA, could cause the daytime increases in blood pressure (BP). OBJECTIVES:To establish the role of intermittent hypoxia in the increased morning BP in patient...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Turnbull CD,Sen D,Kohler M,Petousi N,Stradling JR

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway remodeling may lead to irreversible loss of lung function in asthma. The impact of childhood asthma, airway responsiveness, atopy, and smoking on airway remodeling was investigated in a birth cohort studied longitudinally to age 26. A low postbronchodilator ratio of forced exhaled volume in 1 second (FEV1) to v...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Rasmussen F,Taylor DR,Flannery EM,Cowan JO,Greene JM,Herbison GP,Sears MR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced diaphragm contractility has been described in normal subjects after whole body endurance exercise, and it indicates low frequency fatigue (LFF); it is unknown whether LFF is of clinical importance. We therefore studied the effect of treadmill exercise to exhaustion on diaphragm contractility in six patients wi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Polkey MI,Kyroussis D,Keilty SE,Hamnegard CH,Mills GH,Green M,Moxham J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Protein kinase C zeta (PKCζ) has been reported to act as a tumor suppressor. Deletion of PKCζ in experimental cancer models has been shown to increase tumor growth. However, the mechanisms of PKCζ down-regulation in cancerous cells have not been previously described. OBJECTIVES:To determine the molecular mec...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Queisser MA,Dada LA,Deiss-Yehiely N,Angulo M,Zhou G,Kouri FM,Knab LM,Liu J,Stegh AH,DeCamp MM,Budinger GR,Chandel NS,Ciechanover A,Iwai K,Sznajder JI

更新日期：2014-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to characterize polymorphisms in the proximal coding region of the lipopolysaccharide binding protein gene and to determine whether a previously reported variant was associated with sepsis complicated by organ failure or shock after trauma. We used multiple analytical methods, including pyrosequencing, restr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Barber RC,O'Keefe GE

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic inflammation is present in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which has been linked to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We determined the effects of oral and inhaled corticosteroids on serum markers of inflammation in patients with stable COPD. We recruited 41 patients with mild to moderate ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Sin DD,Lacy P,York E,Man SF

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a gram-negative bacterium that has been cultured with increasing prevalence from the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We conducted a cohort study, using the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Registry, to assess the effect of S. maltophilia on survival. We studied all patients in t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Goss CH,Otto K,Aitken ML,Rubenfeld GD

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pulmonis infection in rats causes a chronic inflammatory airway disease. Along with extensive remodeling of the airway mucosa, lymphocytic infiltrates, angiogenesis, and mucosal thickening, there is an abnormal sensitivity of the blood vessels to mediators that evoke "neurogenic inflammation". As a result, ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Bowden JJ,Schoeb TR,Lindsey JR,McDonald DM

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inflammatory events in the airways at the time of acute respiratory failure from acute severe asthma are poorly understood. To determine the patterns of cellular inflammation in the airways in acute severe asthma, we analyzed tracheal aspirates collected within 12 h of intubation from patients intubated emergently...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Ordoñez CL,Shaughnessy TE,Matthay MA,Fahy JV

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Dyspnea is the impairing cardinal symptom of asthma but its accurate perception is also crucial for timely initiation of treatment. However, the underlying brain mechanisms of perceived dyspnea in patients with asthma are unknown. OBJECTIVES:To study brain mechanisms of dyspnea in asthma. METHODS:By using f...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： von Leupoldt A,Sommer T,Kegat S,Eippert F,Baumann HJ,Klose H,Dahme B,Büchel C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life has been found to be impaired both in patients with asthma and in patients with allergic rhinitis, but the relative burden of these diseases has not been investigated. We analyzed answers to the SF-36 questionnaire from 850 subjects recruited in two French centers participating in the European Communit...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Leynaert B,Neukirch C,Liard R,Bousquet J,Neukirch F

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disorder in adults; however, whether mild OSA has significant neurocognitive and cardiovascular complications is uncertain. OBJECTIVES:The specific goals of this Research Statement are to appraise the evidence regarding whether long-term adverse neuro...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chowdhuri S,Quan SF,Almeida F,Ayappa I,Batool-Anwar S,Budhiraja R,Cruse PE,Drager LF,Griss B,Marshall N,Patel SR,Patil S,Knight SL,Rowley JA,Slyman A,ATS Ad Hoc Committee on Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present prospective study was designed to determine the prevalence of pleural effusion at approximately 28 days after cardiac surgery and their subsequent course. This consecutive case study included 389 patients; 312 had only coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) surgery, 37 had both valve and CABG surgery,...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Light RW,Rogers JT,Moyers JP,Lee YC,Rodriguez RM,Alford WC Jr,Ball SK,Burrus GR,Coltharp WH,Glassford DM Jr,Hoff SJ,Lea JW 4th,Nesbitt JC,Petracek MR,Starkey TD,Stoney WS,Tedder M

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Patients with severe asthma (SA) are less responsive to the beneficial effects of corticosteroid (CS) therapy, and relative CS insensitivity has been shown in airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC) from patients with SA. OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether there was a defect in the actions of the glucocorticoid re...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Chang PJ,Michaeloudes C,Zhu J,Shaikh N,Baker J,Chung KF,Bhavsar PK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of atypical bacterial infection in the pathogenesis of asthma is a subject of continuing debate. There is an increasing body of literature concerning the association between the atypical bacteria Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae and asthma pathogenesis; however, many studies invest...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

authors： Johnston SL,Martin RJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00