Host-pathogen interaction during mechanical ventilation: systemic or compartmentalized response?

Chromatin Remodelling During Host-Bacterial Pathogen Interaction

Transient Mechanical Response of Lung Airway Tissue during Mechanical Ventilation

Patients with acute lung injury, airway and other pulmonary diseases often require Mechanical Ventilation (MV). Knowledge of the stress/strain environment in lung airway tissues is very important in order to avoid lung injuries for patients undergoing MV. Airway tissue strains responsible for stressing the lung's fiber network and rupturing the lung due to compliant airways are very difficult t...

Host response to mechanical ventilation for viral respiratory tract infection.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis causes severe respiratory tract infection in infants, frequently necessitating mechanical ventilatory support. However, life-saving, mechanical ventilation aggravates lung inflammation. We set up a model to dissect the host molecular response to mechanical ventilation in RSV infection. Furthermore, the response to induced hypercapnic acidosis, rep...

Continued mechanical ventilation during coronary artery bypass graft operation attenuates the systemic immune response.

OBJECTIVES Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is known to induce a short pro- and long-lasting anti-inflammatory immune response. The anti-inflammatory protein soluble ST2 (sST2) may be involved in the pathogenesis of postoperative immune dysfunction. We investigated whether continued mechanical ventilation during CPB has an impact on postoperative serum sST2 and cytokine release. METHODS Thirty pa...

The host-pathogen interaction during HBV infection: immunological controversies.

HBV is a hepatotropic and non-cytopathic virus that causes more than one million deaths annually from liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. As the virus itself is non-cytopathic, it is widely accepted that both viral control and liver pathology are mediated by the host immune system. Until recently, the focus has been on the crucial role of adaptive immune responses in controlling HBV i...