Acute lung inflammation and injury were induced by intranasal instillation of
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in normal and type 2 nitric oxide synthase (NOS2)-deficient (NOS2 …

Sodium butyrate (SB) is a short chain 4-carbon fatty acid salt naturally exists in animal fats.
Previous studies have proven that sodium butyrate has many beneficial functions such as …

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) contributes importantly to septic pulmonary protein
leak in mice with septic acute lung injury (ALI). However, the role of alveolar macrophage …

Although the role of ETS family transcriptional factor PU. 1 is well established in
macrophage maturation, its role in mature macrophages with reference to sepsis-related …

In vivo detection and quantification of inflammation is a major goal in molecular imaging.
Furthermore, cell-specific detection of inflammation would be a tremendous advantage in …

To precisely identify mouse resident alveolar macrophages (AMs) and bone marrow (BM)–
derived macrophages, we developed a technique to separately label AMs and BM-derived …

The relationship between LPS exposure and allergic asthma is poorly understood.
Epidemiologic studies in humans have found that exposure to LPS can protect, have no …

In view of the strong anti-inflammatory activity of glucocorticoids (GC) they are used in the
treatment of almost all inflammatory lung diseases. In particular, inhaled GC (IGC) allow high …

Objective: To investigate whether low-frequency ventilation during hypothermia could
attenuate lung injury associated with endotoxin and mechanical ventilation. Design …

Fraxin, the effective component of the Chinese traditional medicine Cortex Fraxini, is
reported to have anti-inflammatory effects. This study assessed the anti-inflammatory effect …