... to promote the adhesion andthe eventual organization of explanted embryonic endothelial cells into monolayers forming AJs, whereas the addition of EGF or TGF-α and ChS may lead tothe loss of ... PY) of signal transducer andthe activator of transcription (STAT) have been shown to occur before the onset of PH; andthe rescue of endothelial caveolin-1 inhibits PY-STAT3 activation and attenuates ... Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these ofthe individual contributors and not necessarily those ofthe editors or publisher No responsibility is accepted forthe accuracy of information...
... may be attributable tothe inhibition of c-kit andto an interference ofthe interaction of MCs with other factors [39-42] It is not unlikely that the therapeutic benefits of imatinib in experimental ... antagonists The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee ofthe University of Giessen that conforms tothe principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki Histology and mast cell ... we therefore investigated the lung tissues from idiopathic PAH (IPAH) patientsand monocrotaline (MCT)-injected rats to determine total and perivascular MC count, andthe degranulation of the...
... on the inspiratory port ofthe Fisher and Paykel humidification chamber Thus, NO was mixed with the bias flow gas ofthe oscillator and subsequently delivered tothe neonate via the inspiratory ... study, we found that 61.1% ofthe responders responded within the first h after the initiation of INO and their response sustained tothe end ofthe treatment andthe remaining neonates showed ... conducted a study to evaluate whether INO would reduce the incidence of death or the need for ECMO in infants with hypoxic respiratory failure [9] HFOV was used in 55% ofthe infants The authors found...
... reported [42] and it was hypothesised that the widespread useof antibiotics is the cause for this phenomenon There is also some evidence that fungal infections may worsen the outcome of acute pancreatitis, ... law foruseof laboratory animals (BGB1.I S 1319) The study was approved by the Committee of Animal Care ofthe Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe, Germany Animals were allowed free access to food and ... up to 20% to 85% [2,21,24,28,29] Due to major improvements in intensive-care management over the past decade, more patients survive the first phase of severe acute pancreatitis and therefore the...
... intact and pharmacologically blocked ANS Materials and methods This investigation conforms tothe Guide forthe Care andUseof Laboratory Animals, published by the US National Institutes of Health ... oxygen cost Competing interests In the past five years, SR and WB have received honoraria for lectures from the manufacturer of iloprost From 2003 to 2004, the Department of Anaesthesiology ofthe ... out the animal experiments, performed the data acquisition andthe statistical analysis, and wrote the manuscript PC wrote the software algorithms forthe data analysis, participated in the statistical...
... endarterectomy for thromboembolic PH) not cure the disease The present aim of treatment is to lengthen survival time, to ameliorate symptoms andto improve quality of life (QoL) However, treatments for ... from the Rasch analyses) were candidates for exclusion However, it was the aim to include a reasonable spread of items in terms ofthe degree of severity they represented The logit severity ofthe ... combined into four domains such that two domains had three levels andthe other two domains had two levels The items were selected by re-analysis ofthe responses of 201 patientstothe CAMPHOR...
... recognised to have a limited role in the management of PAH They also appear to be of limited benefitfor RP in patients with SScl [19] In contrast, the prostanoids improve function and survival ... both the frequency andthe severity of attacks [14] PDE type V inhibitors such as sildenafil inhibit the degradation of cGMP, which mediates the signalling of several endogenous vasodilators ... deposition and inhibition of NF-ΚB activation [5,12,13] Since there are commonalities in the pathophysiology of PAH and RP, particularly in the context of connective tissue disease, inhibition of the...
... introducer connected to an artery catheter was punctured into the right jugular vein and then into the right ventricle under pressure waveform monitoring After a period of stabilization, RVSP ... ligated, and 4% polyformaldehyde (pH 7.4) was instilled into the right lung through the trachea under constant pressure (20 cmH O) for 30 min, and then the right lung was removed and submersed in the ... temperature for paraffin embedding, sectioning and histological staining The remainder ofthe lung was dissected, and snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen, then stored at -80°C for biochemical analysis The...
... by the Animal Care andUse Committee ofthe Fourth Military Medical University and complied with the Declaration ofthe National Institutes of Health Guide for Care andUseof Xu et al Respiratory ... hypoxia-induced PVSR and pulmonary hypertension Therefore, we adopted b-E2 to explore the roles of p27kip1 and Skp-2 in the evolution of PVSR and HPH in vivo Further, we verified their effects on ... culture Petri dishes (JET BIOFIL inc, Canada) and allowed to grow for days Then thecells were undergone serum-starvation for 36 hours The media was then changed to containing 5% FBS phenol-red-free...
... we transplanted the bone marrow cells into rats and, at the same time, left some cellsand cultured them for 48 hours for analysis of CXCR4 expression in primary bone marrow cells In addition, ... Measurement of right ventricular hypertrophy The ventricles and septum ofthe animals were collected andthe wet and dry ventricle and septal weight were obtained by drying them for 24 hours at 60°C Then ... centrifugation, the bone marrow cells were resuspended with medium andthe number ofthe bone marrow cells was counted for transplantation Electroporation of CXCR4 shRNA plasmid into bone marrow cells...
... antiinflammatory effect [13] Therefore, we hypothesized that the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of hydrogen-rich saline might prevent the progression of PH To test this hypothesis, we ... according tothe Guide forthe Care andUseof Laboratory Animals by the Chinese Academy of Sciences On day 22, rats were anesthetized with 10% chloral hydrate (0.4 ml/100 g body weight, i.p.) and ... reader andthe concentrations were calculated according tothe standard curve Experimental design Measurement of 8-OHdG, MDA and SOD in lung tissues and serum Rats were divided randomly into the...
... process through regulation ofthe secretion of cytokines; we analyzed the lung levels ofthe pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-a and IL-1b A substantial increase in TNF-a and IL-1b formation was observed ... significant reduction ofthe oedema formation, tissue damage and reduced content of collagen Also, the treatment with AM reduced the loss of body weight and improved the survival ofthe mice In conclusion, ... suggested in animal models of intestinal bowel disease [17] Altogether, these observations raise the question of whether AM could play a role in the course ofthe inflammatory process associated...
... therapeutic benefit in these animal models and can be used for further investigation Additionally, TBC3711 can be used as a useful tool to further elucidate the role of ET system in recently found factors ... (STRIDE) [3,47] Collectively, these studies showed the benefits of selective ET-A receptor antagonism in the setting of human forms of PH Unfortunately, due to a pattern of idiosyncratic liver function ... ET-B receptors together with ET-A receptors mediate vasoconstriction and proliferation of vascular cells, but when expressed on endothelial cellsthe ET-B receptors cause vasodilatation and ET-1...
... Co-Regulators of Autophagy and Apoptosis Regulation of Autophagy: Co-Regulators of Autophagy and Apoptosis Regulation of Autophagy: Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy Regulation of Autophagy: Co-Regulators ... Regulation of Autophagy: Co-Regulators of Autophagy and Apoptosis B-cell CLL/lymphoma BCL2 NM_000633 0.000727 Regulation of Autophagy: Co-Regulators of Autophagy and Apoptosis Regulation of Autophagy: ... Regulation of Autophagy: Co-Regulators of Autophagy and Apoptosis Insulin-like growth factor (somatomedin C) IGF1 NM_000618 0.017282 Regulation of Autophagy: Co-Regulators of Autophagy and Apoptosis...
... antiinflammatory effects of IL-6 IL-6 suppressed the generation ofthe proinflammatory cytokines IL-1 and TNF in macrophages exposed to lipopolysaccharide and attenuated the inflammatory response to intratracheally ... between the G(-174)C polymorphism ofthe IL-6 gene andthe severity of PH in our patients with COPD This polymorphism influences the levels ofcirculating IL-6, suggesting a causal role for high circulating ... the Bradford method For standardization, serial dilutions of recombinant mouse IL-6 were assayed at the same time Lung immunohistochemical labeling of IL-6 and macrophages Paraffin sections of...
... therefore to immunohistochemically determine the expression ofthe three isoforms of NOS in the lungs of infants with secondary pulmonary hypertension since they will have been exposed to elevated ... alveolar macrophages and in the respiratory epithelium Expression of iNOS was found in the small pulmonary arteries, both media and endothelium, the respiratory epithelium, and in alveolar macrophages/alveolar ... lining cells There was significant upregulation of iNOS in endothelial cellsof pulmonary hypertensive patients compared to control patients, but there were no differences between the cases and...
... study and analysis and interpretation of histological, immunohistochemical and molecular data; DMA and ERP contributed tothe acquisition of histologic and morphometric data and performed the statistical ... out the induction ofthe experimental scleroderma model and nasal tolerance andthe immunofluorescence experiments, and drafted the manuscript; WRT contributed to conception and design ofthe ... Rheumatology Division ofthe School of Medicine ofthe University of Sóo Paulo (FMUSP), Sóo Paulo, SP, Brazil 2Department of Radiology, Discipline of Oncology ofthe School of Medicine ofthe University...