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Eosinophils promote pulmonary matrix destruction and emphysema via Cathepsin L
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who exhibit elevated blood eosinophil levels often experience worsened lung function and more severe emphysema.
Xia Xu +14 more
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Automatic Emphysema Detection using Weakly Labeled HRCT Lung Images [PDF]
, 2018 A method for automatically quantifying emphysema regions using High-Resolution Computed Tomography (HRCT) scans of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that does not require manually annotated scans for training is presented.
Carl, Jesper +7 more
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Subcutaneous emphysema during root canal therapy: endodontic accident by sodium hypoclorite [PDF]
, 2017 Cervicofacial subcutaneous emphysema is defined as the abnormal introduction of air in the subcutaneous tissues of the head and neck. It is mainly caused by trauma, head and neck surgery, general anesthesia, and coughing or habitual performance of ...
Battisti, Andrea +5 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2019 Importance While air pollutants at historical levels have been associated with cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, it is not known whether exposure to contemporary air pollutant concentrations is associated with progression of emphysema ...
Meng Wang +19 more
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Association Between Air Pollution and Lung Lobar Emphysema in COPD
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 The development of emphysema has been linked to air pollution; however, the association of air pollution with the extent of lobar emphysema remains unclear.
Nguyen Thanh Tung +22 more
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Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 2020 Recent work has suggested a microbial dysbiosis association between the lung and gut in respiratory diseases. Here, we demonstrated that gut microbiome modulation attenuated emphysema development.
Yoon Ok Jang +9 more
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CT Assessment of Subtypes of Pulmonary Emphysema in Mongolian Miners
Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Objectives: To determine the incidence of subtypes of pulmonary emphysema identified by LDCT imaging and the relationship between emphysema subtypes with smoking and pulmonary function in miners.
Garamjav Khishigdavaa +7 more
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Deletion of vitamin D receptor leads to premature emphysema/COPD by increased matrix metalloproteinases and lymphoid aggregates formation [PDF]
, 2011 Deficiency of vitamin D is associated with accelerated decline in lung function. Vitamin D is a ligand for nuclear hormone vitamin D receptor (VDR), and upon binding it modulates various cellular functions.
Hwang, Jae-woong +4 more
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Mucus Plugs and Emphysema in the Pathophysiology of Airflow Obstruction and Hypoxemia in Smokers.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020 BACKGROUND The relative roles of mucus plugs and emphysema in mechanisms of airflow limitation and hypoxemia in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are uncertain.
E. Dunican +33 more
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, 2004 The influence of long-term cigarette smoking on the pathophysiology of chronic respiratory diseases with obstructive ventilatory dysfunction was discussed in patients with asthma and pulmonary emphysema (PE). 1.
Ashida, Kozo +7 more
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