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We tested the hypothesis that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) primes the hemodynamic response to the neutrophil agonist N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (FMLP) in lungs isolated from guinea pigs. Lungs were isolated from animals 18 h after injection of TNF-alpha (3.20 x 10(5)
Recurrent melanoma of the extremities can lead to bulky symptomatic lesions that become difficult management problems. Treatment of these tumors with isolated limb perfusion with high dose chemotherapy may offer palliation in a number of patients. Unfortunately, the most commonly used drug,
OBJECTIVE
Local anesthetics (LAs) possess a variety of effects that cannot be explained by the typical block of neuronal sodium channels. Antithrombotic effects of LAs are well known, but LAs also act as bactericides. Therefore, an investigation of the influence of LAs on the inflammatory response
We observed that the chemotactic peptide N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L- phenylalanine (FMLP) induced pulmonary edema when polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) were added to isolated constant-flow buffer-perfused rabbit lungs. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that PMNs activated by
A new series of benzoxazinone analogs were designed, synthesized, and assayed to determine their effects on superoxide anion generation and neutrophil elastase (NE) release in formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (FMLP)-activated human neutrophils. Of these, compounds 6-10 showed a potent
The influence of a novel pentoxifylline-analogue, HWA 138, on the polymorphonuclear neutrophil leukocyte (PMN)-mediated changes in pulmonary resistance and mediator release was investigated in the isolated perfused and ventilated rabbit lung model. Isolated, washed human granulocytes were injected
In pigs, the alpha-(1,2) fucosyltransferase (FUT1) gene has been highlighted for its properties in controlling the intestinal expression of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) F18 receptors; a pathogen causing edema disease and post-weaning diarrhoea. In this study, we hypothesized that pigs with
The effects of 1-[(S)-3-acetylthio-2-methylpropanoyl]-L-prolyl-L-phenylalanine (alacepril, DU-1219), an orally active angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, on the central nervous and sensory systems and on several other functions were compared with those of captopril in the experimental animals.
Aspartame (APM), L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester, is a low calorie sweetening agent 180 times sweeter than sucrose. As part of a series of studies designed to determine the potential effects of ingestion of excesses of APM on a wide spectrum of physiological processes, experiments were
A method was developed to evaluate blood volume, accumulation of extravascular albumin (ALBev), and platelet (PL) or polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) sequestration in lungs after challenge with inflammatory agents. Erythrocytes (RBC), albumin, and PL or PMN, labeled with 99mTc, 131I, and
Although it has been suggested that some biological activities of platelet-activating factor (PAF) are mediated by, at least in part, reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI), the precise mechanisms underlying the interaction between the two remains to be elucidated. Antioxidants, such as
Neutrophils are activated following hemorrhagic shock and the accumulation of neutrophils in the lung is associated with lung injury. This research investigated the effects of a semisynthetic 2-benzoylaminobenzoic acid derivative, methyl 2-(2-fluorobenzamido)benzoate (DSM-RX78), on superoxide anion
BACKGROUND
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a mediator of lung diseases and a potent pulmonary vasoconstrictor. In addition to thromboxane A2, it participates in the formation of lung edema. Both lidocaine and mepivacaine attenuate the increase of pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) and lung edema development.
Sulphur and nitrogen mustard are strong alkylating agents which can cause after inhalation acute lung injury in the larynx, trachea and large bronchi and can lead to alveolar edema. In our study we tested the N-Lost l-Phenylalanine Mustard (l-Pam). Therefore we seeded the alveolar type II cell line
Formyl peptide receptors (FPRs) recognize different endogenous and exogenous molecular stimuli and mediate neutrophil activation. Dysregulation of excessive neutrophil activation and the resulting immune responses can induce acute lung injury (ALI) in the host. Accordingly, one