Metal-rich Ambient Particles (Particulate Matter2.5) Cause Airway Inflammation in Healthy Subjects

F Schaumann, PJA Borm, A Herbrich… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
Epidemiologic studies have shown an increased prevalence of allergic asthma in children
living in a German smelter area (Hettstedt) compared with a cohort who live in a …

Roflumilast attenuates pulmonary inflammation upon segmental endotoxin challenge in healthy subjects: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

…, M Lavae-Mokhtari, F Schaumann… - Pulmonary …, 2008 - Elsevier
RATIONALE: Roflumilast, an investigational, targeted phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor,
reduces the in vitro and in vivo inflammatory activity of cells such as neutrophils, eosinophils, …

Endotoxin augments myeloid dendritic cell influx into the airways in patients with allergic asthma

F Schaumann, M Müller, A Braun… - American journal of …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Epidemiologic studies have shown that exacerbation of asthma is modulated by
environmental endotoxin. High levels of endotoxin are associated with asthma symptoms …

[HTML][HTML] Low-dose endotoxin inhalation in healthy volunteers-a challenge model for early clinical drug development

O Janssen, F Schaumann, O Holz… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2013 - Springer
Background Inhalation of endotoxin (LPS) induces a predominantly neutrophilic airway
inflammation and has been used as model to test the anti-inflammatory activity of novel drugs. In …

Allergen challenge increases anandamide in bronchoalveolar fluid of patients with allergic asthma

…, S Batkai, C Winkler, F Schaumann… - Clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Preclinical studies suggest that the endocannabinoid anandamide restrains allergic airway
obstruction and inflammation. Therefore, we applied saline or allergens via bronchoscopy …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of diet on serum creatinine in healthy subjects during a phase I study

…, M Jensen, D Jung, F Schaumann… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Creatinine is widely used as an indirect marker of renal function. However, interfering
factors such as diet, exercise and problems with the assay can generate false results and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of ultrafine particles on the allergic inflammation in the lung of asthmatics: results of a double-blinded randomized cross-over clinical pilot study

F Schaumann, C Frömke, D Dijkstra… - Particle and fibre …, 2014 - Springer
Background Epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that exposure to ultrafine
particles (UFP) might aggravate the allergic inflammation of the lung in asthmatics. Methods …

Quantification of pulmonary inflammation after segmental allergen challenge using turbo-inversion recovery-magnitude magnetic resonance imaging

…, C Schönfeld, M Gutberlet, F Schaumann… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: There is a need to develop novel noninvasive imaging biomarkers that help to
evaluate antiinflammatory asthma treatments. Objectives: To investigate whether the extent of …

Segmental allergen challenge alters multimeric structure and function of surfactant protein D in humans

…, C Winkler, H Abramova, F Schaumann… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Surfactant protein D (SP-D), a 43-kD collectin, is synthesized and secreted by
airway epithelia as a dodecamer formed by assembly of four trimeric subunits. We have …

Noninvasive quantification of airway inflammation following segmental allergen challenge with functional MR imaging: a proof of concept study

…, C Winkler, C Faulenbach, P Jakob, F Schaumann… - Radiology, 2015 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To evaluate oxygen-enhanced T1-mapping magnetic resonance (MR) imaging as
a noninvasive method for visualization and quantification of regional inflammation after …