摘要：Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Department of Otorhin...

摘要：Fractional Exhaled NO Measurement FENO was measured with an online method using a computerized system (EBA Aerocrine, Stockholm, Sweden) following the American Thoracic Society‘s recommendations (...

摘要：Chorioamnionitis induced by intra-amniotic endotoxin is primarily a pulmonary exposure for the fetus and results in lung inflammation and striking lung maturation as a result of direct contact of e...

摘要：Departments of Pediatrics and Biostatistics, Indiana University Medical Center, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana ABSTRACT Parental tobacco smoking is associated wit...

摘要：Pulmonary perfusion was quantified using a cardiac-gated pulmonary arterial spin labeling MR sequence as described (17)。 Blood flow data were collected from a single anatomic location across multi...

摘要：Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Municipal Institute of Medical Research, Barcelona, Spain Instituto Nacion...

摘要：Subjects (n = 9,317) had participated as adults ( 18 years) in one or more of the cross-sectional Busselton Health Surveys between 1966 and 1981 or in the follow-up study of 1994/1995。 Lung functi...

摘要：Department of Pneumology and Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Rostock, Rostock Department of Neurology, Charitee, Berlin, Germany ABSTRACT Brain-derived neurotro...

摘要：Relationship between dietary vitamin C intake and pulmonary function in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I)。 Antioxidant intake and adult-onset wheeze: a case-con...

摘要：Budesonide/formoterol in a single inhaler rapidly relieves methacholine-induced moderate-to-severe bronchoconstriction。 Budesonide/formoterol in a single inhaler is as effective and well tolerated...

摘要：The second report concerns a subgroup of subjects from the Tucson Children‘s Respiratory Study (3)。 Respiratory syncytial virus。 Respiratory syncytial virus infection。 Respiratory Syncytial vir...

摘要：Pulmonary gene transfer of an IL-17F expression construct (pcDNAmIL-17F) in mice was used to investigate its regulatory role。 mIL-17F Induces Airway Neutrophilia and Increases Ventilatory Timing t...

摘要：Airway wall area (Aaw) was calculated as Ao eC Ai。 Airway dimensions were measured using custom software written for the numerical analysis package PV-Wave (Visual Numerics, Boulder, CO) as previo...

摘要：Hypercapnia alone as well as the acidemia linked with its accrual has been associated with the upregulation of NOS(2)-mediated NO-dependent effects at the vascular, organelle, biochemical, and mole...

摘要：Lung transplantation was performed in two patients from the ICU group and in five patients from the Pulmonary Department group after hospital discharge。 Severe exacerbations are often life threate...

摘要：Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) detoxifies reactive oxygen species generated by endotoxin exposure, and polymorphisms of the mEH gene are associated with altered enzyme activity。 Endotoxin expo...

摘要：Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California children: results from a second cohort。

摘要：Endoscopic ultrasound is useful in staging NSCLC when lymphadenopathy is present on a computed tomography (CT), but its role in the absence of lymphadenopathy on CT has not been well defined。 Endo...

摘要：and Servicio de Neumologia, Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain ABSTRACT Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and leptin are two peptides involved in the regulation of body weight, energy balance, and sym...

摘要：Clinical Outcomes Measured outcomes of treatment in the two groups of patients were not statistically significantly different。 Home diagnosis of sleep apnea。 Clinical utility of home monitoring f...

摘要：Allergen challenges induced peribronchial as well as perivascular eosinophilia。 Mouse models of allergic airway inflammation, although they differ from human allergic asthma in several important a...

摘要：Protocols Airway responses。 Responses to the various toxins alone were compared with those obtained after treatment with the histamine H1 antagonist diphenhydramine or atropine (given 30 minutes b...

摘要：RESULTS Treatment of Mice with Imatinib Attenuates Cockroach Allergen-induced Pulmonary Disease Previous studies have demonstrated a role for SCF/c-kit activation pathway in the development of alle...

摘要：Airway Selection The lung specimens were inflated with 10% formalin and fixed for at least 12 hours。 Airways were excluded from analysis if the entire airway could not be included in the photograp...

摘要：Procalcitonin, the precursor molecule of calcitonin, is a 116eCamino acid peptide that is devoid of known hormonal activity (11)。 Procalcitonin Assay For all patients, serum from blood drawn daily...

摘要：Beryllium was used historically in that plant, with its use ending 15 years before the surveillance project was initiated。 Chronic beryllium disease (CBD) was defined as evidence of BeS with granu...

摘要：Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a disorder affecting women that is characterized by cystic lung lesions, is frequently treated with antiestrogen therapy, i。 Key Words: bisphosphonates bone mineral...