scholarly journals Ventilation and Perfusion at the Alveolar Level: Insights From Lung Intravital Microscopy

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmin Matuszak ◽  
Arata Tabuchi ◽  
Wolfgang M. Kuebler
Keyword(s):  
Intravital Microscopy ◽  
Alveolar Level ◽  
Ventilation And Perfusion

Características y especialización de la respuesta inmunitaria en la COVID-19 y posibles tratamientos profilácticos

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anamary Súarez Reyes ◽  
Carlos Agustín Villegas Valverde
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
World Health ◽  
Alveolar Level ◽  
Inflammatory Drugs ◽  
Interferon System ◽  
Severity Of The Disease ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
De Medicina

Characteristics and Specialization of the Immune Response in COVID-19 Abstract The outbreak of coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China, became a pandemic on March 11, 2020. It has caused almost 4 million confirmed cases worldwide, with more than 270,000 deaths. Coronavirus is an enveloped RNA virus of the β-coronavirus genus distributed in birds, humans, and other mammals. The World Health Organization has named the new disease COVID-19. The scientific community is look http://doi.org/10.22201/fm.24484865e.2020.63.4.02 8 8 Revista de la Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM | ing for evidence that can lead to a better understanding of the infection and the immune response (IR), prognostic and therapeutic predictors, effective treatments and vaccines. The objective of this review was to compile updated scientific evidence of the IR to COVID-19, in order to guide professionals with solutions that have a clinical impact. The most important elements involve innate immunity with failures in the interferon system in the early stages of the infection and a sustained increase in proinflammatory interleukins. This can end in a potentially fatal cytokine storm. The infiltration of neutrophils and macrophages at the alveolar level, accompanied by neutrophilia, is very characteristic. Lymphopenia is evident at the adaptive immunity level, that, depending on the degree, can indicate the severity of the disease. Understanding the temporal sequence of the IR is crucial for choosing the appropriate and effective therapies, especially when selecting which type of anti-inflammatory drugs can be used and the frequency of the dosage. Due to the fact that it is difficult to determine when they will be clearly beneficial, not harmful to the IR and not too late, due to the irreversibility of the process. Key words: COVID-19; coronavirus; immune response

Unilateral Absence of Ventilation and Perfusion Due to Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 880-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT A. DUKE ◽  
MILTON R. BARRETT ◽  
JAMES D. MASSIE ◽  
JORGE E. SALAZAR ◽  
MORRIS L. GAVANT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm ◽  
Ventilation And Perfusion

scholarly journals 77286 Intravital microscopy in the study of the tumor vasculature of patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Gabriel ◽  
Minhyung Kim ◽  
Daniel Fisher ◽  
Catherine Mangum ◽  
Kristopher Attwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Carcinomatosis ◽  
Intravital Microscopy ◽  
Tumor Vasculature

scholarly journals A pilot trial of intravital microscopy in the study of the tumor vasculature of patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel M. Gabriel ◽  
Minhyung Kim ◽  
Daniel T. Fisher ◽  
Catherine Mangum ◽  
Kristopher Attwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Carcinomatosis ◽  
Neoadjuvant Therapy ◽  
Anticancer Agents ◽  
Intravital Microscopy ◽  
Pilot Trial ◽  
Oncologic Outcomes ◽  
Tumor Control ◽  
Systemic Delivery ◽  
Tumor Microvasculature ◽  
Lower Blood

AbstractAberrancies in the tumor microvasculature limit the systemic delivery of anticancer agents, which impedes tumor response. Using human intravital microscopy (HIVM), we hypothesized that HIVM would be feasible in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). During cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for PC, HIVM was performed in both tumor and non-tumor areas. The primary outcome was HIVM feasibility to measure vessel characteristics. We secondarily evaluated associations between HIVM vessel characteristics and oncologic outcomes (RECIST response to neoadjuvant therapy and disease-specific survival). Thirty patients with PC were enrolled. Nineteen patients (63.3%) received neoadjuvant therapy. HIVM was feasible in all patients. Compared to non-tumor (control) areas, PC areas had a lower density of functional vessels, higher proportion of non-functional vessels, smaller lumenal diameters, and lower blood flow velocity. Qualitative differences in these vessel characteristics were observed among patients who had partial response, stable disease, or progressive disease after receiving neoadjuvant therapy. However, no statistically significant relationships were found between HIVM vessel characteristics and oncologic outcomes. These novel findings comprise the first-in-human, real-time evidence of the microscopic differences between normal and tumor-associated vessels and form the basis for our larger, ongoing clinical trial appropriately powered to determine the clinical utility of HIVM (NCT03823144).

scholarly journals Intravital microscopy imaging of kidney injury and regeneration

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Liu ◽  
Zongjin Li
Keyword(s):  
Cell Fate ◽  
Intravital Microscopy ◽  
Single Cells ◽  
Elevated Serum ◽  
Kidney Injury ◽  
Lineage Tracing ◽  
Tissue Slices ◽  
Microscopy Imaging ◽  
Two Photon Microscopy ◽  
Nitrogen Levels

AbstractAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical symptom, which is mainly manifested by elevated serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels. When AKI is not repaired in time, the patient is prone to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD). The kidney is composed of more than 30 different cells, and its structure is complex. It is extremely challenging to understand the lineage relationships and cell fate of these cells in the process of kidney injury and regeneration. Since the 20th century, lineage tracing technology has provided an important mean for studying organ development, tissue damage repair, and the differentiation and fate of single cells. However, traditional lineage tracing methods rely on sacrificing animals to make tissue slices and then take snapshots with conventional imaging tools to obtain interesting information. This method cannot achieve dynamic and continuous monitoring of cell actions on living animals. As a kind of intravital microscopy (IVM), two-photon microscopy (TPM) has successfully solved the above problems. Because TPM has the ability to penetrate deep tissues and can achieve imaging at the single cell level, lineage tracing technology with TPM is gradually becoming popular. In this review, we provided the key technical elements of lineage tracing, and how to use intravital imaging technology to visualize and quantify the fate of renal cells.

Contribution of Ventilation and Perfusion Lung Imaging to the Management of Patients With Bronchiectasis

1994 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOH??D K. H. MOHAMADIYEH ◽  
MR M ASHOUR ◽  
MAHMOUD EL-DESOUKI ◽  
SULAIMAN A. AL-MAJED
Keyword(s):  
Lung Imaging ◽  
Ventilation And Perfusion
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