Pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Early Immune-Modulator Therapy.
Pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Early Immune-Modulator Therapy.
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DOI:
10.3390/ijms18020388
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发表时间:
2017-02-11
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Lee KY
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作者:
Lee KY
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is caused by infectious insults, such as pneumonia from various pathogens or related to other noninfectious events. Clinical and histopathologic characteristics are similar across severely affected patients, suggesting that a common mode of immune reaction may be involved in the immunopathogenesis of ARDS. There may be etiologic substances that have an affinity for respiratory cells and induce lung cell injury in cases of ARDS. These substances originate not only from pathogens, but also from injured host cells. At the molecular level, these substances have various sizes and biochemical characteristics, classifying them as protein substances and non-protein substances. Immune cells and immune proteins may recognize and act on these substances, including pathogenic proteins and peptides, depending upon the size and biochemical properties of the substances (this theory is known as the protein-homeostasis-system hypothesis). The severity or chronicity of ARDS depends on the amount of etiologic substances with corresponding immune reactions, the duration of the appearance of specific immune cells, or the repertoire of specific immune cells that control the substances. Therefore, treatment with early systemic immune modulators (corticosteroids and/or intravenous immunoglobulin) as soon as possible may reduce aberrant immune responses in the potential stage of ARDS.
DOI:
10.11604/pamj.2014.17.49.3246
发表时间:
2014
期刊:
The Pan African medical journal
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作者:
Emre JC;Baysak A;Oz AT;Ece G;Arda B;Bacakoglu F
通讯作者:
Bacakoglu F