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OBJECTIVE
To observe the efficacy of 20% albumin infusion on coagulation and pulmonary fibrosis in rabbits with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) induced by two-hit of intravenous infusion of oleid acid (OA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS).
METHODS
Forty healthy adult male rabbits were
We present a case of a 74-year-old man who was a heavy smoker with a performance status of 0(Brinkman indexof 2080). In 2008, he was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and was treated with pirfenidone. During follow-up, abnormal chest shadows were observed. In May 2014, he was diagnosed
Tacrolimus (Tac) is an immunosuppressant that inhibits translocation of nuclear factor of activated T cells and has therapeutic potential for pulmonary fibrosis. Here, we investigated the therapeutic efficacy of a sustained-release type inhaled Tac formulation for treating bleomycin-induced
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is thought to involve inflammatory cells and reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide anion radical (O2(·-)). There is currently no effective treatment of IPF. We previously developed a human serum albumin (HSA)-thioredoxin 1 (Trx) fusion protein
This study was performed to clarify whether preoperative serum albumin level is related to the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing surgical resection, and the relationships between serum albumin level and clinicopathological characteristics of lung cancer patients with
Cytokines are widely involved in physiologic as well as immunoinflammatory and fibrosing processes of the lung. The aim of this work was to study, by bronchoalveolar lavage, two groups of human interstitial lung diseases (ILD) with fibrosing propensity (ie, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [IPF], n =
We describe a model of pulmonary fibrosis in which doses of paraquat ranging from 0.001 mg/kg to 1.0 mg/kg were instilled into the right lung of rats. Lung injury, as measured by right lung lavage albumin content and differential neutrophil count, ranged from undetectable to extremely severe,
BACKGROUND
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease with severe pulmonary fibrosis. The main cause of IPF-associated death is acute exacerbation of IPF (AE-IPF). This study aims to develop a rat model of AE-IPF by two intratracheal perfusions with
This study was aimed to demonstrate preliminarily the effects and mechanisms of uremic clearance granule (UCG) ameliorating renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) by regulating transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1/SnoN/Smads signaling pathway in vivo. Fifteen rats were randomly divided into 3 groups:the
OBJECTIVE
To observe the expression of plasma thrombospondin-1(TSP-1) at different time in protein-overload rats and to analyze the relationship between plasma TSP-1 expression and renal interstitial fibrosis.
METHODS
Forty-five male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a bovine serum
In this study we report a significant increase in histamine in lung lavage fluids from a group of 33 patients with lone cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (lone CFA), and from a group of 13 patients having CFA in association with other connective tissue disorders, when compared with findings for 13
OBJECTIVE
Osteopontin (OPN) has been implicated in the pathology of several renal conditions. The aim of this study was to clarify the roles of OPN in diabetic nephropathy.
METHODS
Diabetes mellitus (DM) was induced in wild-type (WT) and OPN knockout (KO) mice by injecting streptozotocin. The mice
BACKGROUND
Relaxin, a hormone of the insulin-growth factor family, promotes collagen remodeling. In rodent models of pulmonary and dermal fibrosis, relaxin reduced interstitial fibrosis. To study relaxin's effect in renal disease, we used the experimental bromoethylamine (BEA) model that leads to
Cytokeratin 19 (CK19) is a specific cytoskeletal structure for simple epithelia, including bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells (BAEC). Since CK19 is abundant in alveolar epithelial cells, and could be released from injured alveolar epithelium in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), we