Background Airway microcirculation is abnormal in asthma but the role of vascular changes
in asthma deteriorations remains poorly defined. We prospectively assessed the vascular …

Please cite this paper as: Spindler and Waschke (2011). Beta‐Adrenergic Stimulation
Contributes to Maintenance of Endothelial Barrier Functions under Baseline Conditions …

Introduction β2 agonists have several properties that could be beneficial in acute lung injury
(ALI). We therefore chose to study the effect of inhaled β2 agonist use (salbutamol) on …

Endogenous or exogenous catecholamines can induce pulmonary edema (PE). This may
occur in human pathologic conditions such as in pheochromocytoma or in neurogenic …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe inflammatory condition of the
lung, which can be triggered by a number of different pulmonary and extrapulmonary insults …

Westudied the effects of the methylxanthlnes, aminophylline (AMPH) and pentoxlfylline
(PTXF), on multiple organ damage following Escherichia coli sepsis In guinea pigs. To …

Introduction We investigated the effects of intravenous and intratracheal administration of
salbutamol on lung morphology and function, expression of ion channels, aquaporin, and …

Acute pancreatitis has an incidence of approximately 50 cases per million of the United
Kingdom population and a mortality of 10–18%(1). Intrathoracic complications have been …

Adrenergic mechanisms are involved in the formation of several types of pulmonary edema
(PE) such as neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) or PE in patients with …

We determined whether 1) amino-terminal peptides of the thrombin receptor increase
endothelial permeability to a comparable extent as alpha-thrombin does, 2) isoproterenol …