abstract：:A greater understanding of the regulatory processes contributing to lung development could help ameliorate morbidity and mortality in premature infants and identify individuals at risk for congenital and/or chronic lung diseases. Genomics technologies have provided rich gene expression datasets for the developing lung...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kho AT,Bhattacharya S,Mecham BH,Hong J,Kohane IS,Mariani TJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-11 and IL-11 receptor (R)alpha are induced by Th2 cytokines. However, the role(s) of endogenous IL-11 in antigen-induced Th2 inflammation has not been fully defined. We hypothesized that IL-11, signaling via IL-11Ralpha, plays an important role in aeroallergen-induced Th2 inflammation and mucus metaplasia. To test ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Lee CG,Hartl D,Matsuura H,Dunlop FM,Scotney PD,Fabri LJ,Nash AD,Chen NY,Tang CY,Chen Q,Homer RJ,Baca M,Elias JA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicosis is a chronic lung disease induced by the inhalation of crystalline silica. Exposure of cultured macrophages to crystalline silica leads to cell death; however, the mechanism of cell-particle interaction, the fate of particles, and the cause of death are unknown. Time-lapse imaging shows that mouse macrophage...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Gilberti RM,Joshi GN,Knecht DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) serves a pivotal role in normal epithelial homeostasis; its absence leads to destruction of exocrine tissues, including those of the gastrointestinal tract and lung. Acute regulation of CFTR protein in response to environmental stimuli occurs at several le...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Guimbellot JS,Fortenberry JA,Siegal GP,Moore B,Wen H,Venglarik C,Chen YF,Oparil S,Sorscher EJ,Hong JS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nose is an attractive source of airway epithelial cells, particularly in populations in which bronchoscopy may not be possible. However, substituting nasal cells for bronchial epithelial cells in the study of airway inflammation depends upon comparability of responses, and evidence for this is lacking. Our objecti...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： McDougall CM,Blaylock MG,Douglas JG,Brooker RJ,Helms PJ,Walsh GM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium (MAV) and M. abscessus (MAB) are ubiquitous environmental organisms increasingly recognized to cause chronic lung disease in patients with apparently normal immune function. Little is yet known about their human pathophysiology. Our objective was to examine cytokine and chemokine responses (protein...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Sampaio EP,Elloumi HZ,Zelazny A,Ding L,Paulson ML,Sher A,Bafica AL,Shea YR,Holland SM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system and exerts its actions via both ionotropic (GABA(A)) and metabotropic (GABA(B)) receptors. The GABA(B) receptor is a dimer composed of R1 and R2 components and classically couples to the heterotrimeric G(i) ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Mizuta K,Osawa Y,Mizuta F,Xu D,Emala CW

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone interferes with the endocytic pathway, inhibits proteolysis, and causes the formation of vacuoles, but uptake and intracellular distribution of the drug, origin of vacuoles, and functional consequences of amiodarone accumulation remain unclear. Our objective was to study amiodarone uptake, clarify the origi...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Stadler K,Ha HR,Ciminale V,Spirli C,Saletti G,Schiavon M,Bruttomesso D,Bigler L,Follath F,Pettenazzo A,Baritussio A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) was the original "second messenger" to be discovered. Its formation is promoted by adenylyl cyclase activation after ligation of G protein-coupled receptors by ligands including hormones, autocoids, prostaglandins, and pharmacologic agents. Increases in intracellular cAMP generall...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Serezani CH,Ballinger MN,Aronoff DM,Peters-Golden M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pulmonary inflammation in patients affected by cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterized by massive bronchial infiltrates of neutrophils, which is sustained by the interaction of pathogens (e.g., Pseudomonas aeruginosa) with surface bronchial cells. To explore new treatment options focused on the reduction of neut...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bezzerri V,Borgatti M,Nicolis E,Lampronti I,Dechecchi MC,Mancini I,Rizzotti P,Gambari R,Cabrini G

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factor (TF) Foxp2 has been shown to partially repress surfactant protein C (SP-C) transcription, presumably through interaction of an independent repressor domain with a conserved Foxp2 consensus site in the SP-C promoter. We explored the role of interactions between Foxp2 and the homeodomain TF Nkx2...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Zhou B,Zhong Q,Minoo P,Li C,Ann DK,Frenkel B,Morrisey EE,Crandall ED,Borok Z

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxins represent one of the most potent classes of microbial immunoactive components that can cause pulmonary inflammation. The aim of this study was to compare the inflammatory potency of two types of Neisseria meningitidis endotoxins (lipooligosaccharides) in lungs: wild type (hexaacylated, LOS(wt)) and mutant t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hadina S,Weiss JP,McCray PB Jr,Kulhankova K,Thorne PS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combustion-generated radicals interact to form polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including carcinogens. PAHs aggregate into 20- to 50-nm particles, which extend into branched-chain structures (soots). Incomplete combustion yields black soot particles and black smoke. Many PAHs, including those in soots, fluore...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Murphy G Jr,Rouse RL,Polk WW,Henk WG,Barker SA,Boudreaux MJ,Floyd ZE,Penn AL

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is known to be involved in the pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases, but its role in bleomycin (BLM)-induced lung injury and subsequent fibrotic changes remains to be determined. We evaluated the role of IL-6 in the lung inflammatory changes induced by BLM using wild-type (WT) and IL-6-de...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Saito F,Tasaka S,Inoue K,Miyamoto K,Nakano Y,Ogawa Y,Yamada W,Shiraishi Y,Hasegawa N,Fujishima S,Takano H,Ishizaka A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) are phosphorylated after inhalation of asbestos. The effect of blocking this signaling pathway in lung epithelium is unclear. Asbestos-exposed transgenic mice expressing a dominant-negative mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase-1 (dnMEK1) (i.e., the upstrea...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Manning CB,Sabo-Attwood T,Robledo RF,Macpherson MB,Rincón M,Vacek P,Hemenway D,Taatjes DJ,Lee PJ,Mossman BT

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that long-term treatment of airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells with a combination of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma impaired steroid anti-inflammatory action through the up-regulation of glucocorticoid receptor beta isoform (GRbeta) (Mol Pharmacol 2006;69:588-596). We here found that steroid actions co...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Tliba O,Damera G,Banerjee A,Gu S,Baidouri H,Keslacy S,Amrani Y

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokine mRNA profiles of primary (arising from inhaled bacilli) and secondary (arising from hematogenous reseeding of the lung) granulomas from the lung lobes of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-vaccinated and unimmunized guinea pigs challenged with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the pulmonary route were as...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ly LH,Russell MI,McMurray DN

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reasons for bacterial proliferation in the lungs of mechanically ventilated patients are poorly understood. We hypothesized that prolonged cyclic stretch of lung cells influenced bacterial growth. Human alveolar type II-like A549 cells were submitted in vitro to prolonged cyclic stretch. Bacteria were cultured in ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Pugin J,Dunn-Siegrist I,Dufour J,Tissières P,Charles PE,Comte R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms used by alveolar type I pneumocytes for maintenance of the lipid homeostasis necessary to sustain these large squamous cells are unknown. The processes may involve the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1), a transport protein shown to be crucial in apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I)-mediated mobilizatio...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Bates SR,Tao JQ,Yu KJ,Borok Z,Crandall ED,Collins HL,Rothblat GH

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypervascularity is known as an important element of airway remodeling in bronchial asthma. However, it remains obscure how allergic inflammation relates to angiogenesis in the lung. In this study, we examined the in vitro effects of inflammatory cytokines on endothelial cell functions, particularly angiogenesis. Huma...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Matsuda A,Fukuda S,Matsumoto K,Saito H

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-activated serine/threonine kinase R (PKR) is well characterized as an essential component of the innate antiviral response. Recently, PKR has been implicated in Toll-like receptor (TLR) signal transduction in response to bacterial cell wall components. Its contribution to pulmonary immu...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Cabanski M,Steinmüller M,Marsh LM,Surdziel E,Seeger W,Lohmeyer J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis of fibroblasts/myofibroblasts is a critical event in the resolution of tissue repair responses; however, mechanisms for the regulation of (myo)fibroblast apoptosis/survival remain unclear. In this study, we demonstrate counter-regulatory interactions between the plasminogen activation system and transforming...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Horowitz JC,Rogers DS,Simon RH,Sisson TH,Thannickal VJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant lines the alveolar surface and prevents alveolar collapse. Derangements of surfactant cause respiratory failure and interstitial lung diseases. The collectins, surfactant proteins A and D, are also important in innate host defense. However, surfactant regulation in the postnatal lung is poorly understood. W...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Koth LL,Alex B,Hawgood S,Nead MA,Sheppard D,Erle DJ,Morris DG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoprostanes are prostaglandin-like molecules that accumulate in oxidative stress and also exert powerful biological effects on a wide variety of tissues. We investigated the effects of several different isoprostanes on contractions evoked by electrical field stimulation (EFS) in bovine trachealis, finding only 15-E2t...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Paredes C,Tazzeo T,Janssen LJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung transplantation remains the only therapeutic option for many patients suffering from end-stage pulmonary disease. Long-term success after lung transplantation is severely limited by the development of bronchiolitis obliterans. The murine heterotopic tracheal transplantation model has been widely used for studies ...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Okazaki M,Gelman AE,Tietjens JR,Ibricevic A,Kornfeld CG,Huang HJ,Richardson SB,Lai J,Garbow JR,Patterson GA,Krupnick AS,Brody SL,Kreisel D

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased susceptibility to infections, including tuberculosis (TB), is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes. Despite the clinical importance of this problem, little is known about how diabetes impairs protective immunity. We modeled this phenomenon by infecting acute (< or = 1 mo) or chr...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Martens GW,Arikan MC,Lee J,Ren F,Greiner D,Kornfeld H

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking cigarettes is the major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a condition associated with chronic pulmonary inflammation, characterized by macrophage activation, neutrophil recruitment, and cell injury. Many substances contained in cigarette smoke, including reactive oxygen spec...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Facchinetti F,Amadei F,Geppetti P,Tarantini F,Di Serio C,Dragotto A,Gigli PM,Catinella S,Civelli M,Patacchini R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis remaining the most common cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants worldwide, treatment has progressed little in the past 30 years. The aim of our study was to determine whether post-infection administration of de novo pyrimidine synthesis inhibitors c...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Davis IC,Lazarowski ER,Chen FP,Hickman-Davis JM,Sullender WM,Matalon S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of gene transfer vectors with regulated, lung-specific expression will be a useful tool for studying lung biology and developing gene therapies. In this study we constructed a series of lentiviral vectors with regulatory elements predicted to produce lung-specific transgene expression: the surfactant prote...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Hendrickson B,Senadheera D,Mishra S,Bui KC,Wang X,Chan B,Petersen D,Pepper K,Lutzko C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously observed that mice exposed to cigarette smoke and treated with exogenous alpha(1)-antitrypsin (A1AT) were protected against the development of emphysema and against smoke-induced increases in serum TNF-alpha. To investigate possible mechanisms behind this latter observation, we cultured alveolar mac...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Churg A,Wang X,Wang RD,Meixner SC,Pryzdial EL,Wright JL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, scarring lung disease characterized by fibroblast accumulation and deposition of collagen. Factors that promote growth and/or survival of fibroblasts are potential therapeutic targets. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2), a member of the aminopeptidase family of p...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Kass D,Bridges RS,Borczuk A,Greenberg S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Redox imbalance has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many acute and chronic lung diseases. The b-Zip transcription factor Nrf2 acts via an antioxidant/electrophilic response element to regulate antioxidants and maintain cellular redox homeostasis. Our previous studies have shown that Nrf2-deficient mice (Nrf2(-/...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Reddy NM,Kleeberger SR,Cho HY,Yamamoto M,Kensler TW,Biswal S,Reddy SP

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-15 has recently been shown to induce the differentiation of functional dendritic cells (DCs) from human peripheral blood monocytes. Since DCs lay in close proximity to epithelial cells in the airway mucosa, we investigated whether airway epithelial cells release IL-15 in response to inflammatory stimuli and thereby...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Regamey N,Obregon C,Ferrari-Lacraz S,van Leer C,Chanson M,Nicod LP,Geiser T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of eosinophils by microbe-derived molecules via Toll-like receptors (TLR) potentially provides the link between microbe-induced innate immune responses and the exacerbation of allergic inflammation. We investigated the expression of TLRs and the effect of their ligands on human eosinophils. Expression of TL...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Wong CK,Cheung PF,Ip WK,Lam CW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) has been implicated as a major negative regulator of lung branching morphogenesis. Since connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a downstream mediator of TGF-beta1 effects on mesenchymal cells, we hypothesized that TGF-beta1 induces CTGF expression in mouse embryonic lung...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Wu S,Peng J,Duncan MR,Kasisomayajula K,Grotendorst G,Bancalari E

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that interleukin (IL)-23, an IL-12-family cytokine, can be released by certain antigen-presenting cells in response to bacterial pathogens. Recent in vitro studies indicate that this cytokine stimulates a unique subset of CD4 cells, the T helper cell (Th)17 subset, to produce and release the proinflammator...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ivanov S,Bozinovski S,Bossios A,Valadi H,Vlahos R,Malmhäll C,Sjöstrand M,Kolls JK,Anderson GP,Lindén A

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recent reports of increased matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in lungs of patients with emphysema support the paradigm of proteinase/antiproteinase imbalance in the pathogenesis of COPD. We sought to define the signaling pathwa...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ning W,Dong Y,Sun J,Li C,Matthay MA,Feghali-Bostwick CA,Choi AM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO)-1, an inducible, low-molecular-weight stress protein, confers cellular and tissue protection in multiple models of injury and disease, including oxidative or inflammatory lung injury, ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injuries, and vascular injury/disease. The tissue protection provided by HO-1 potentiall...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Ryter SW,Morse D,Choi AM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strong correlation exists between smoking and lung cancer; however, susceptibility to lung cancer among smokers is not uniform. Similarly, mice show differential susceptibility to the tobacco carcinogen nitrosamine 4-(methyl-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK), which produces lung tumors in A/J but not in C3...

journal_title：American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology

authors： Razani-Boroujerdi S,Sopori ML

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00