Atorvastatin attenuates inflammatory infiltration and vascular remodeling in lung of hypercholesterolemia rabbits.

abstract：:Expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) is characteristically altered in cancer, and they may play a role in cancer development and progression. The authors performed microarray and real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analyses to determine the miRNA expression profile of primary sm...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Miko E,Czimmerer Z,Csánky E,Boros G,Buslig J,Dezso B,Scholtz B

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a complex disease with genetic and environmental compound is one of the leading causes of death in worldwide. This disease is characterized by lower airway inflammation, and increases risk of lung cancer in smokers. Micro-RNA (miRNA) molecules are key regulators in gene ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Akbas F,Coskunpinar E,Aynaci E,Oltulu YM,Yildiz P

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to identify the effects on the lung after subchronic glass fiber intratracheal instillation study on rats. We evaluated the toxicological effects on the lung: persistent inflammatory reaction, cell proliferation, and pulmonary fibrosis on histopathological examination. We performed a glass fib...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Domokos-Hancu B,Man MA,Liana H,Pop CM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of gas composition on convective and diffusive gas transport in the lungs was assessed by studying the dispersion of combined particle and argon (Ar) boluses induced by the passage through the lungs filled with three different gas mixtures. Particles, as a "nondiffusing gas," served as a tracer for conve...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Schulz H,Schulz A,Eder G,Heyder J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) has constrictor and mitogenic effects on airway smooth muscle strips and cultured cells, respectively. This study addresses the type of the ET receptor subtype(s) present on ovine airway smooth muscle cells and the possibility of autocrine effects. The expression of the preproendothelin-1 gene was ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Ergul A,Glassberg MK,Wanner A,Puett D

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:Nucleic acid-based therapies have the potential to provide clinically meaningful benefit across a wide spectrum of lung disease. However, in vivo delivery remains a challenge. Here we examined the feasibility of using electrospray to deliver nucleic acids to both porcine tracheal tissue sections and wh...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Riddell P,Gilbert JL,Molloy EL,Finnegan S,Egan JJ,O'Dea S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cast of human tracheobronchial airways, which is complete to airways less than 0.1 cm in diameter, was employed for experimental studies of gas convective transport by high-frequency ventilation (HFV). The cast was ventilated with gases of different kinematic viscosity (He, air, and SF6) and tidal volumes of 10-60 m...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Fang CP,Cohen BS,Lippmann M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An IgM monoclonal antibody (1D9/B3) is characterized, which specifically recognizes basal cells of the upper airway epithelium. Although morphological features have been used to follow cell lineage and differentiation, an objective assessment of differentiation can be enhanced by characterizing the expression of speci...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Aitken ML,Villalon M,Pier M,Verdugo P,Nameroff M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small subpopulation of pulmonary epithelial cells (PE) proliferates in low-density primary culture of alveolar type II cells and forms colonies of cells that could be passaged for several generations and that in some respects maintain a differentiated phenotype of the alveolar type II cells. At this time it is not k...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Kalina M,Riklis S,Blau H

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro responses of potential target cell types to air pollutants under physiological conditions may be useful in understanding the health effects of air pollution exposure. The study evaluated responses of human primary airway epithelial cells to diesel exhaust (DE). Cultures of cells from 3 donors, differentiated ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Seagrave J,Dunaway S,McDonald JD,Mauderly JL,Hayden P,Stidley C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) generates angiotensin II and degrades bradykinin. This ectopeptidase acts as a marker in pathologic conditions, showing tissue and vascular damage. In order to evaluate serum and tissue ACE activity in bleomycin-associated lung damage, the authors studied morphological and enzymatic...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Ziai SA,Salehian P,Mahmoudian M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of urban air and diesel particles on inflammatory cytokine gene expression, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in particular, were studied in rat alveolar macrophages. TNF-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC), and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 g...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Dong W,Lewtas J,Luster MI

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represents a major cause of mortality in intensive care patients. Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α) by fibrates, such as WY-14643 (WY), has been described to beneficially influence inflammation and experimental lung injury...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Hecker M,Behnk A,Morty RE,Sommer N,Vadász I,Herold S,Seeger W,Mayer K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Serum amyloid A (SAA), an acute-phase protein whose level tracks infection and inflammation, is the precursor protein of amyloid A (AA) fibrils that is thought to cause AA amyloidosis in human and animals. SAA protein has several isoforms based on the difference of amino acid sequence, such as SA...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Kawasaki H,Murakami T,Badr Y,Kamiya S,Shimizu K,Okada A,Inoshima Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently there has been a great deal of interest in exploring possible ways to protect the lung from oxidant damage. Since sulfhydryl compounds are among the most important endogenous antioxidants, their therapeutic use has been proposed. Glutathione (GSH), the main intracellular nonprotein sulfhydryl, plays an import...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Patterson CE,Rhoades RA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamellar bodies, the intracellular storage form of pulmonary surfactant, were isolated from adult human lung tissue. As shown by electron microscopy, the isolated human lamellar bodies resembled the lamellar bodies isolated from experimental animals. Chemical analysis revealed that the lamellar bodies consisted largel...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Post M,Batenburg JJ,Schuurmans EA,Laros CD,van Golde LM

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation plays a key role in lung injury and in the pathogenesis of asthma. Two murine models of allergic airway inflammation-sensitization and challenge to ovalbumin (OVA) and intratracheal exposure to interleukin-13 (IL13)-were used to evaluate the expression of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) in allergic...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Havranek T,Aujla PK,Nickola TJ,Rose MC,Scavo LM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential life support tool for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, MV for ARDS can result in ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). This study aimed to assess whether alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) can reduce VILI in ARDS rats. Materials and Methods...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Wang X,Gong J,Zhu J,Jin Z,Gao W

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B6C3F1 female mice were exposed to cigarette smoke (CS) (250 mg/m3 total particulate material) or filtered air (FA), 6 hours/day, 5 days/week, for 6, 7, or 10 weeks, or to CS for 6 weeks, then FA for 1 or 4 additional weeks. Exposure to CS increased macrophages, neutrophils, lymphocytes, and matrix metalloproteinase (...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Seagrave J,Barr EB,March TH,Nikula KJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) involvement in translocation of dust to bronchial lymph nodes after deposition of dust in the lungs of control and neutropenic F344/N rats. Rats were rendered neutropenic with an intraperitoneal (IP) injection of anti-rat PMN antiserum (APA); control rats were inj...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Snipes MB,Harkema JR,Hotchkiss JA,Bice DE

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that intratracheally instilled silica (quartz) produces both morphologic evidence of emphysema and small-airway changes, and functional evidence of airflow obstruction. To further define the nature of the airflow-associated lesions induced by silica, we compared silica-exposed rats to rats giv...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Churg A,Hobson J,Wright J

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor alpha (TGF(alpha)) stimulates type II alveolar epithelial cell proliferation and also is associated with fibrosis. We studied the changes in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) TGF(alpha) protein in a neonatal rabbit hyperoxia-fibrosis model (100% O(2) for 8 to 9 days, followed by 60% O(2) to 36 da...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Waheed S,D'Angio CT,Wagner CL,Madtes DK,Finkelstein JN,Paxhia A,Ryan RM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eprazinone therapy improves pulmonary function and arterial pO2 in patients with chronic bronchitis; however, the mechanism of action is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine if eprazinone alters either lung surfactant levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) of normal rats, or ion transport across c...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Thrall RS,Cloutier MM,Guernsey L,Swayne E,Gionfriddo M

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion (IR) is a biopathological event detectable in several clinical conditions, including lung transplantation, cardiopulmonary bypass, resuscitation, and pulmonary embolism. The understanding behind the activation of various inflammatory mediators regulating the apoptotic pathways ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Dolkart O,E A,S S,S M,P G,Aa W

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:Pulmonary infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality in pneumonia. Recent studies have indicated that High-Mobility Group Box 1 Protein (HMGB1) plays an important role in the prevention and trea...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Liming S,Guixia L,Wenxin S,Guirong T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated increased plasma levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase in lung. This study further examines the pulmonary expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms in an ovine model of acute lung injury induced by smoke inhalation and burn injury (S+B injury). Female range bred sheep (4 pe...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Cox RA,Jacob S,Oliveras G,Murakami K,Enkhbaatar P,Traber L,Schmalstieg FC,Herndon DN,Traber DL,Hawkins HK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During lung development, the extracellular matrix undergoes dynamic remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs), are important enzymes that participate in regulating tissue remodeling. There is an abnormal balance of the synthesis and degradation of collagen...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Lemke RP,Zhang W,Balcerazak D,Kobayashi K,Schwingshackl A,Cheung PY,Dixon WT,Baracos VE,Greer JJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Zizyphi fructus, a major constituent of Chinese anti-asthmatic herbal medicine, on ciliary motility and nitric oxide (NO) generation in canine cultured tracheal epithelium were studied by the microphoto-oscillation method and the specific amperometric method, respectively. Addition of Zizyphi fructus at...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Tamaoki J,Kondo M,Tagaya E,Takemura K,Konno K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar cells were evaluated in BALB/c mice exposed to smoke from 9 cigarettes per day. The mice were sacrificed at 1, 5, and 10 days and examined by lung morphometry and immunohistochemical staining of alveolar macrophages for tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-12, and tissue inhibitor...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： da Hora K,Valença SS,Porto LC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin D1 dysregulation and differential inactivation of p16INK4a and Rb have been observed in human lung cancer. In chemically induced mouse lung tumors, the p16INK4a gene is a target of inactivation, and Rb is reduced at the mRNA level (Northern blot) although similar at the protein level (Western blot) when compare...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Sabourin CL,Wang QS,Ralston SL,Evans J,Coate J,Herzog CR,Jones SL,Weghorst CM,Kelloff GJ,Lubet RA,You M,Stoner GD

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00