[Blood plasma iron, copper, manganese, aluminum, nickel and chromium content in inflammatory diseases of the lungs and bronchial asthma].

T Gv，F Aa - 《Sovetskaia Meditsina》

An in vivo approach showing the chemotactic activity of leukotriene B(4) in acute renal ischemic-reperfusion injury.

Neutrophil migration protects the body against foreign invasion. Sequestration and activation of neutrophils, however, require stringent regulation because...

E，Noiri，T，... - 《Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America》

Elevated levels of activin A in clinical and experimental pulmonary hypertension

Activin A, a member of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta superfamily, is involved in regulation of tissue remodeling and inflammation. Herein, we w...

A Yndestad，Larsen, Karl-Otto，Øie, Erik，... - 《Journal of Applied Physiology》

Lung structure and function in COPD.

The of () is related to a chronic innate and adaptive inflammatory to inhaled toxic particles and gases, primarily as a result of the smoking habit. This i...

JC Hogg - 《International Journal of Tuberculosis & Lung Disease the Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease》

Elevation of serum soluble tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor and IL-1 receptor antagonist levels in bronchial asthma

The specific inhibitor for TNF-伪 activity, soluble form of the 55-kD TNF receptor (sTNF-RI) and soluble form of the 75-kD receptor (sTNF-RII), and the spe...

S Yoshida，S Hashimoto，T Nakayama，... - 《Clinical & Experimental Immunology》

Chromium content of normal and pathologically altered lung tissue

Flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry was used to determine the chromium (Cr) content of samples taken at autopsy from the lungs, bronchi, and regi...

G Wirnsberger，O Wawschinek，F Pruegger，... - 《Biological Trace Element Research》

Lectin binding patterns of alveolar epithelium and subepithelial seromucous glands of the bronchi in sepsis and controls – an approach to characterize the...

A delayed or deficient immunological protection as well as an overstimulation of the mucosal immune system may act as possible additional promoters of seps...

M Tsokos，S Anders，F Paulsen - 《Virchows Archiv》

A Novel Synthetic Mycolic Acid Inhibits Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and Allergic Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Asthma

Recognition of microbes is important to trigger the innate immune system. Mycolic acid (MA) is a component of the cell walls of mycobacteria such asMycobac...

YJ Kim，HJ Kim，SK Jeong，... - 《Allergy Asthma & Immunology Research》

CYTOKINE PROFILE OF HUMAN BRONCHOALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES AND BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELLS IN RESPONSE TO INHALATION PARTICLES OF THE CYCLOSPORINE DERIVATIVE IMM...

Administration of antiasthmatic drugs in the form of inhalation particles may alter the cytokine network in the airways, independently of their pharmacolog...

J Medina，S Robinson，Rah - 《Inhalation Toxicology》