Protective role of sulfhydryl reagents in oxidant lung injury.

abstract：:Previous experiments with the sheep model of silicosis have demonstrated a reduction of the pathological activity of quartz after treatments with aluminum lactate (Al-lac), such as Al-lac pretreatment of intratracheally injected quartz or Al-lac inhalation of quartz-exposed animals. Preliminary data also suggested a m...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Dufresne A,Sébastien P,Michaud D,Perrault G,Bégin R

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COPD remains a public health problem that has yet to be fully recognized by the public, the medical community or public health (government) officials, and much work remains to be done worldwide to reverse the increasing trends of this chronic lung disease. ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Hurd S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two morphologic characteristics have been used to define the nonciliated bronchiolar epithelial cell: abundant agranular endoplasmic reticulum (AER) and membrane-bound avoid granules. To assess the ultrastructural homogeneity of this cell type in the lungs of large domestic mammals used as experimental models in pulmo...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Plopper CG,Mariassy AT,Hill LH

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that replication-deficient adenovirus (Ad), when complexed with plasmid DNA (pl) and cationic liposomes (L), would enhance liposome-mediated gene transfer in cultured human airway epithelial cells. Pl/L/Ad complexes were formed using charge-charge interactions. A gel electrophoresis retardation assay s...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Stecenko A,King G,Torii K,Gao X,Persmark M,Shih K,Brigham K,Raja-Walia R

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, this laboratory has shown that intratracheally administered hyaluronic acid (HA) significantly reduces air-space enlargement in a hamster model of emphysema induced with pancreatic elastase. Whereas HA was given immediately following elastase in those initial studies, the current investigation determined t...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Cantor JO,Cerreta JM,Armand G,Turino GM

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：:Basement membranes (BM) are specialized extracellular matrices (ECM) which serve as complex interfaces between epithelia, peripheral nerves, or muscle cells and their surrounding tissue microenvironments. Their composition is known to include type IV collagen, laminin, entactin, heparan sulfate proteoglycan (HSPG, per...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Sannes PL,Wang J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunosuppressive and antiproliferative effects of heparin may be beneficial in the field of solid organ transplantation. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) compounds on the development of obliterative airway disease (OAD) in the rat tracheal transplant model. Alloge...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Fillinger J,Antus B

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increase in intracellular adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) is a common pathway for many clinically used drugs to cause pulmonary artery (PA) relaxation. Activity of sarcolemmal K+ and Cl(-)-channels is an important determinant of membrane potential (Em), which, in turn, plays a critical role in regulating ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Zhao YJ,Wang J,Rubin LJ,Yuan XJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung injury and inflammation are associated with exposure to various types of particulate air pollutants. The present study was used to determine whether metalloproteinases (MMPs) are secreted after instilling dust samples into the lung, and to relate levels of specific MMPs to different fractions of the ambient air p...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Adamson IY,Vincent R,Bakowska J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distinct barrier lesions and an apical-basal distribution of alveolar edema fluid in either moderate or high elevated pressure edema lungs have been found in previous studies. In the present study, quantitative measurements were obtained by using electron microscopy and morphometry of extravascular lung water and barr...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Wu DX,Weibel ER,Bachofen H,Schürch S

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoperfusion of the pulmonary vascular bed under the condition of congenital cardiac malformations may lead to progressive pulmonary vascular disease. To improve the mechanistic understanding of this disease, we examined the biochemical and morphological changes of the lung in a relevant animal model and pr...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Xu Y,Liu Y,Li Z,Su J,Li G,Sun L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retention in the extrathoracic airways, and clearance by nose blowing, of monodisperse indium-111-labeled polystyrene particles were followed for at least 2 days after inhalation by healthy volunteers. Nine volunteers inhaled 3-μm aerodynamic diameter particles while sitting at rest, whereas subgroups of 3 or 4 inhale...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Smith JR,Bailey MR,Etherington G,Shutt AL,Youngman MJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Verapamil, a calcium channel blocker has been used with partial success in cases of primary pulmonary hypertension, as well as to reduce hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) in rats. However, its effect on monocrotaline (MCT)-induced PH in rats is not known. We studied the effect of verapamil on MCT-induced PH....

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Mathew R,Guzowski DE,Gloster ES

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：: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：:A number of novel chemotactic cytokines are becoming increasingly recognized as important participants in the elicitation of specific inflammatory cells from the peripheral blood to sites of inflammation. Recent observations have now demonstrated that certain chemotactic cytokines possess specificity for the selected ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Kunkel SL,Standiford T,Kasahara K,Strieter RM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:Long-term exposure to cigarette smoke generates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in guinea pigs, but a comprehensive evaluation of changes in lung function, as assessed by barometric whole body plethysmography (WBP), is lacking. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Female guinea pigs were exposed to the ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Ramírez-Ramírez E,Torres-Ramírez A,Alquicira-Mireles J,Cañavera-Constantino A,Segura-Medina P,Montaño-Ramírez M,Ramos-Abraham C,Vargas MH,Arreola-Ramírez JL

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the protocol for the strain A mouse lung tumor bioassay and summarizes results on selected chemicals that have been tested for carcinogenicity in the assay. The assay is of 6 months duration and can distinguish 2-fold differences in carcinogenic potential of compounds from several chemical classe...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Stoner GD

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the protective effects of resveratrol on lung injury in rats with severe acute pancreatitis. Ninety-six male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly classified into 4 equal groups (n = 24): control, model, resveratrol-treated, and dexamethasone-treated. The rats were evaluated at ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Sha H,Ma Q,Jha RK,Wang Z

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban air consists of a combination of environmental pollutants. Recent studies have suggested that normally innocuous doses of a particular pollutant may be rendered more toxic to the lung if primed by earlier events. Pulmonary inflammation has been observed in humans and in many animal species after endotoxin and oz...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Johnston CJ,Oberdörster G,Gelein R,Finkelstein JN

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salvianolic acid B (Sal B), one of the major water-soluble compounds of Danshen (a popular Chinese herb), possesses many of the biological activities, such as antifibrogenic effect in liver and renal diseases. Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) plays a central role in the development of pulmonary fibrosis by stimu...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Zhang M,Cao SR,Zhang R,Jin JL,Zhu YF

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were placed in hypobaric hypoxia for 17-21 d (FIO2 10%) to establish pulmonary hypertension (PH) and control rats were kept in normobaric room air. Right mean atrial and ventricular pressures (PRA, PRV) were recorded, left ventricular (LV) blood was collected, and lungs were perfused with hepa...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Keith IM,Ekman R

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of the respiratory epithelium is crucial for airway homeostasis. Tobacco smoke exposure and recurrent infections of the airways play a crucial role in the progression and in the decline of the respiratory function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to detect differ...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： D'Anna C,Cigna D,Di Sano C,Di Vincenzo S,Dino P,Ferraro M,Bini L,Bianchi L,Di Gaudio F,Gjomarkaj M,Pace E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine influence of prenatal granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) administration on lung growth, maturation, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression. Twenty Wistar rats received sterile saline (1 mL) or recombinant human GM-CSF (50 micro g/kg) on da...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Yuksel H,Yilmaz O,Baytur YB,Ozbilgin K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine phosphatase is an important class of enzymes that plays an essential role in the cellular proliferation, differentiation, and oncogenesis. In this paper we report characterization of a low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase purified from bovine lung. The enzyme activity was essentially inde...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Buzalaf MA,Taga EM,Granjeiro JM,Ferreira CV,Lourenção VA,Ortega MM,Poletto DW,Aoyama H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of proteoglycans by primary cultures of 19-day gestation fetal rat lung Type II pneumonocytes was studied. The cells were grown in the presence of [3H]-glucosamine and/or [35S]-Na2SO4 and the radioactive label incorporated into proteoglycans was analyzed. Proteoglycans of high molecular weight (approxima...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Skinner SJ,Post M,Torday JS,Stiles AD,Smith BT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess production of neutrophil elastase contributes to the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, the role of neutrophil elastase in the repair process following ALI/ARDS is not well understood. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of neutrop...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Fujino N,Kubo H,Suzuki T,He M,Suzuki T,Yamada M,Takahashi T,Ota C,Yamaya M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity for nonspecific esterases has been demonstrated histochemically in fetal rabbit lungs using alpha-naphthyl acetate as substrate. Commencing with a homogeneous distribution in pseudoglandular lungs, activity gradually heightens in the epithelium, progresses centrifugally along the bronchial tree, and reaches f...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Sorokin SP,Hoyt RF Jr

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural features of the ovine pleura are described using light, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy. Extensive sampling of the visceral and parietal pleura revealed considerable variation in both surface morphology and pleural interstitial anatomy. Variations of mesothelial surface were encountered a...

journal_title：Experimental lung research

authors： Mariassy AT,Wheeldon EB

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00