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Enhanced levels of hyaluronan in lungs of patients with COPD: relationship with lung function and local inflammation by Dentener, M A, Vernooy, J H J, Hendriks, S, Wouters, E F M

“…Background: Chronic inflammation and airway remodelling are characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Hyaluronan (HA) is an…”
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Long-Term Intratracheal Lipopolysaccharide Exposure in Mice Results in Chronic Lung Inflammation and Persistent Pathology by Vernooy, Juanita H. J, Dentener, Mieke A, van Suylen, Robert J, Buurman, Wim A, Wouters, Emiel F. M

“…Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a major proinflammatory glycolipid component of the gram-negative bacterial cell wall, is one of the agents ubiquitously present as…”
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Childhood asthma: Exhaled markers of airway inflammation, asthma control score, and lung function tests by Rosias, Philippe P.R., Dompeling, Edward, Dentener, Mieke A., Pennings, Herman J., Hendriks, Han J.E., Van Iersel, Monique P.A., Jöbsis, Quirijn

“…Exhaled markers of airway inflammation become increasingly important in the management of childhood asthma. The aims of the present study are: 1) to compare…”
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Evidence for a relation between metabolic derangements and increased levels of inflammatory mediators in a subgroup of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Schols, A. M., Buurman, W. A., Staal van den Brekel, A. J., Dentener, M. A., Wouters, E. F.

“…BACKGROUND: An increase in resting energy expenditure (REE) commonly occurs in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the cause of which…”
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Systemic anti-inflammatory mediators in COPD: increase in soluble interleukin 1 receptor II during treatment of exacerbations by Dentener, M A, Creutzberg, E C, Schols, A M W J, Mantovani, A, van‘t Veer, C, Buurman, W A, Wouters, E F M

“…BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the chronic inflammatory process present in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is…”
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Disturbances in leptin metabolism are related to energy imbalance during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by CREUTZBERG, E. V. A. C, WOUTERS, Emiel F. M, VANDERHOVEN-AUGUSTIN, Ingrid M. L, DENTENER, Mieke A, SCHOLS, Annemie M. W. J

“…Previously we reported an impaired energy balance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during an acute disease exacerbation, but…”
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Intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharide in mice induces apoptosis in bronchial epithelial cells: no role for tumor necrosis factor-alpha and infiltrating neutrophils by Vernooy, J H, Dentener, M A, van Suylen, R J, Buurman, W A, Wouters, E F

“…This study investigated apoptosis in lungs after local exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Mice were instilled intratracheally with 5 microg LPS, which…”
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Differences in local versus systemic TNFα production in COPD: inhibitory effect of hyaluronan on LPS induced blood cell TNFα release by Dentener, M A, Louis, R, Cloots, R H E, Henket, M, Wouters, E F M

“…Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by both airway inflammation and systemic changes. To elucidate the relationship…”
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Production of the Acute-Phase Protein Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein by Respiratory Type II Epithelial Cells . Implications for Local Defense to Bacterial Endotoxins by Dentener, Mieke A, Vreugdenhil, Anita C. E, Hoet, Peter H. M, Vernooy, Juanita H. J, Nieman, Fred H. M, Heumann, Didier, Janssen, Yvonne M. W, Buurman, Wim A, Wouters, Emiel F. M

“…This study demonstrates for the first time that respiratory epithelial cells are able to produce the acute phase protein lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-binding…”
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Leptin as local inflammatory marker in COPD by Broekhuizen, R., Vernooy, J.H.J., Schols, A.M.W.J., Dentener, M.A., Wouters, E.F.M.

“…Introduction: Chronic inflammation of the lung is a characteristic finding in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Leptin is a pleiotropic cytokine…”
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Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein and Serum Amyloid A Secretion by Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells During the Acute Phase Response by Vreugdenhil, Anita C. E, Dentener, Mieke A, Snoek, A. M. Patricia, Greve, Jan-Willem M, Buurman, Wim A

“…The acute phase proteins LPS binding protein (LBP) and serum amyloid A (SAA) are produced by the liver and are present in the circulation. Both proteins have…”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with the -1055 IL-13 promoter polymorphism by van der Pouw Kraan, T C T M, Küçükaycan, M, Bakker, A M, Baggen, J M C, van der Zee, J S, Dentener, M A, Wouters, E F M, Verweij, C L

“…IL-13 is strongly implicated in the development of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We previously identified an IL-13 promoter…”
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Involvement of CD14 in lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor- alpha, IL-6 and IL-8 release by human monocytes and alveolar macrophages by Dentener, MA, Bazil, V, Von Asmuth, EJ, Ceska, M, Buurman, WA

“…CD14 has been reported to function as a receptor for bacterial LPS complexed with serum proteins, transducing an activation signal for TNF-alpha production. We…”
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Adenosine inhibits neutrophil degranulation in activated human whole blood: involvement of adenosine A2 and A3 receptors by Bouma, MG, Jeunhomme, TM, Boyle, DL, Dentener, MA, Voitenok, NN, van den Wildenberg, FA, Buurman, WA

“…Adenosine, acting via A2 receptors, is a potent inhibitor of neutrophil oxidative burst, but its effects and mechanisms of action on neutrophil degranulation…”
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Increased resting energy expenditure and weight loss are related to a systemic inflammatory response in lung cancer patients by Staal-van den Brekel, A J, Dentener, M A, Schols, A M, Buurman, W A, Wouters, E F

“…To determine whether an increased resting energy expenditure (REE) and weight loss in lung cancer patients are related to a systemic inflammatory response. REE…”
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Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein is produced in the epididymis and associated with spermatozoa and prostasomes by Malm, Johan, Nordahl, Emma Andersson, Bjartell, Anders, Sørensen, Ole E., Frohm, Birgitta, Dentener, Mieke A., Egesten, Arne

“…Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) is an acute phase protein known to play a central role in the defense against Gram-negative bacteria. It binds…”
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The Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein (BPI) Is Present in Specific Granules of Human Eosinophils by Calafat, Jero, Janssen, Hans, Tool, Anton, Dentener, Mieke A., Knol, Edward F., Rosenberg, Helene F., Egesten, Arne

“…Eosinophils participate in the inflammatory response seen in allergy and parasitic infestation, but a role in host defense against bacterial infection is not…”
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Strong Association of Interleukin-6 and Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein with Severity of Adverse Reactions after Diethylcarbamazine Treatment of Microfilaremic Patients by Haarbrink, M., Abadi, G. K., Buurman, W. A., Dentener, M. A., Terhell, A. J., Yazdanbakhsh, M.

“…To assess the involvement of inflammatory mediators in the development of adverse reactions in filarial patients undergoing treatment, 29 microfilaremic…”
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Lipopolysaccharide LPS-mediated soluble TNF receptor release and TNF receptor expression by monocytes. Role of CD14, LPS binding protein, and bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein by Leeuwenberg, JF, Dentener, MA, Buurman, WA

“…Previously we demonstrated that two soluble(s) tumor necrosis factor receptors, TNF-R55 as well as sTNF-R75, are constitutively released in vitro by monocytes,…”
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Lipopolysaccharide Toxicity-Regulating Proteins in Bacteremia by Froon, Albert H. M., Dentener, Mieke A., Greve, Jan Willem M., Ramsay, Graham, Buurman, Wim A.

“…The toxicity of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is modified by several proteins, such as bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) and LPS-binding protein…”
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