Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of normal children exposed to parental cigarette smoke.

Adhesion molecule expression in the lung: a comparison between normal and diffuse interstitial lung disease.

Cellular adhesion molecules are crucial determinants of the migration of immune effector cells to the tissues. In chronic inflammatory diseases, upregulation of the expression of these molecules may contribute to the persistent inflammatory process. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is evidence of adhesion molecule expression in chronically inflamed lung. Soluble adhesion mol...

Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 as an early detection marker for radiation pneumonitis.

To investigate the role of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in the pathogenesis of radiation pneumonitis and to determine whether the measurement of soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) levels is useful for predicting the onset of pneumonitis, the levels of sICAM-1 were measured in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids from patients with lung malignancy who received radiotherapy. A total ...

A Comparative Study of Serum Level of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (sVCAM-1), Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1(ICAM-1) and High Sensitive C - reactive protein (hs-CRP) in Normal and Pre-eclamptic Pregnancies

Mechanisms of clearance of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae from cigarette smoke-exposed mouse lungs.

Inflammation is prevalent in all stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and, furthermore, individuals undergo periods of exacerbation, during which pulmonary inflammation increases, often a result of bacterial infection. The present study investigates the in vivo consequences of cigarette smoke exposure on bacterial challenge with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi). BALB/c and ...

Soluble Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) Is Elevated in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary vascular endothelial activation has been implicated in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), yet little is known about the presence and role of endothelial activation markers in the alveolar space in ARDS. We hypothesized that endothelial activation biomarkers would be differentially expressed in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with ARDS compared with hea...