Activation of the Fas pathway increased protein permeability in mouse lungs and altered the expression of the TJ proteins occludin and zonula occludens-1 in the alveolar–capillary membrane in vivo and ...

Measurements and main results After LPS inhalation, cigarette smokers had increased alveolar-capillary membrane permeability as measured by BAL total protein, compared with non-smokers (median 274 vs ...

If diffusion impairments persisted beyond 18-24 months, a combined Lung Diffusing Capacity for Nitric Oxide (DLNO) and DLCO assessment was performed to differentiate between alveolar membrane ...

29,30 HPX-MRI enables the assessment of gas exchange at the alveolar-capillary membrane, providing an additional measure of functional deficit in COPD. Calculating the ratio of xenon-129 in the gas ...

Our hypothesis is that ACE inhibitors improve pulmonary function in chronic heart failure (CHF) by readjusting lung vessel tone and permeability or alveolar–capillary membrane diffusion. Conclusions ...

They are also interfaced across a porous membrane with primary human lung ... This carefully engineered, immunologically active, alveolar-capillary interface also experiences cyclic mechanical ...

They are also interfaced across a porous membrane with primary human lung ... This carefully engineered, immunologically active, alveolar-capillary interface also experiences cyclic mechanical ...

Conclusions—Acute intravascular volume expansion impairs alveolar-capillary membrane function and increases airflow obstruction in patients with LVD but not in normal subjects. Thus, the abnormalities ...

Oxygen and carbon dioxide both need to pass through a thin layer in the lungs called the alveolar-capillary membrane. This is the layer between the small air sacs in the lung (the alveoli) and the ...

as contaminated air easily crosses the alveolar-capillary membrane, the committee wrote. Absorbed lead primarily accumulates in bone while cadmium accumulates in the kidneys, liver and other ...