Browsing Pulmonary , Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine by Title
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Method of treating asthma
(1996-09-10)A method of treating asthma in a subject in need of such treatment comprises contacting Asthma Reversal Factor to the respiratory epithelium of the subject. The active agent is preferably contacted to the subject's respiratory ... -
Method of treating asthma using IL-8
(1994-03-01)A method of treating asthma in a subject in need of such treatment comprises contacting Interleukin-8 or an active fragment thereof to the respiratory epithelium of the subject. The active agent is preferably human endothelial ... -
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Regulates the Expression of Alveolar Macrophage Macrophage Colony- Stimulating Factor
(East Carolina University, 2008-07-01)Macrophage CSF (M-CSF) regulates monocyte differentiation, activation, and foam cell formation. We have observed that it is elevated in human pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) and in the GMCSF knockout mouse, a murine ... -
Rituximab therapy in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis improves alveolar macrophage lipid homeostasis
(2012)Rationale Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) patients exhibit an acquired deficiency of biologically active granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) attributable to GM-CSF specific autoantibodies. PAP ...