Results 101 to 110 of about 158,758 (202)

Effects of short-term treatment with atorvastatin in smokers with asthma - a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2011
<b>Background</b> The immune modulating properties of statins may benefit smokers with asthma. We tested the hypothesis that short-term treatment with atorvastatin improves lung function or indices of asthma control in smokers with asthma.<
Chaudhuri, Rekha, Lloyd, Suzanne M., Spears, Mark, Thomson, Neil C., Iona Donnelly, Lloyd, Suzanne M, Jolly, Lisa, Mair, Frances, Braganza Georgina, Mair Frances, Weir Christopher J, Frances Mair, Mark Spears, McSharry, Charles, Lafferty Jane, Christopher J Weir, Lloyd Suzanne M, McSharry Charles, Lisa Jolly, Braganza, Georgina, Weir, Christopher J., Spears, Mark; id_orcid, Lafferty, Jane, Rekha Chaudhuri, Charles McSharry, Thomson Neil C, Georgina Braganza, Thomson, Neil C, Chaudhuri Rekha, Neil C Thomson, Jane Lafferty, Suzanne M Lloyd, Spears Mark, Donnelly, Iona, Weir, Christopher J; id_orcid, Donnelly Iona, Jolly Lisa   +36 more
core   +1 more source

Aggregatibacter is inversely associated with inflammatory mediators in sputa of patients with chronic airway diseases and reduces inflammation in vitro

Respiratory Research
Background Chronic airway disease (CAD) is characterized by chronic airway inflammation and colonization of the lungs by pro-inflammatory pathogens.
Ellen Goeteyn, Steven L. Taylor, Alison Dicker, Laura Bollé, Merel Wauters, Marie Joossens, Eva Van Braeckel, Jodie L. Simpson, Lucy Burr, James D. Chalmers, Geraint B. Rogers, Aurélie Crabbé   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interventional pulmonology for chronic inflammatory airway diseases

Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Chronic inflammatory airway diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, and bronchial asthma, pose significant healthcare challenges. Interventional treatments offer promise as valuable complements to the optimal medical therapy recommended by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease ...
Han Yang, Si Chen, Jiayuan Sun, Felix J.F. Herth   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The biochemical characterisation of respiratory mucus & mucins in normal, asthma & COPD

, 2009
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-87).Airway mucus hyper-secretion is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is the leading ...
Trimmel, Astrid Joan
core  

Equine Asthma Diagnostics: Review of Influencing Factors and Difficulties in Diagnosing Subclinical Disease

Animals
This literature review focuses on diagnostics of equine asthma (EA), possible influencing factors on diagnostic techniques and latest developments in diagnosing horses during EA remission or with subclinical disease.
Lioba Lendl, Ann Kristin Barton
doaj   +1 more source

Airway wall thickening and emphysema show independent familial aggregation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

, 2008
RATIONALE: It is unclear whether airway wall thickening and emphysema make independent contributions to airflow limitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and whether these phenotypes cluster within families.
Silverman, E.K., Screaton, N.J., Anderson, W.H., Coxson, H.O., Muller, N.L., Hiorns, M.P., Vestbo, J., Nasute Fauerbach, P.V., Camp, P.G., Patel, B.D., Calverley, P.M., Wouters, E.F., Lomas, D.A., Rennard, S.I., Agusti, A.G., Donner, C.F., Pillai, S.G., Make, B.J., Nakano, Y., Campbell, E.J.   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Serum Vitamin D Level Is Unchanged in Equine Asthma

Animals
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with asthma development and severity of symptoms in humans, but whether the same occurs in horses is unknown. We aimed to determine whether the serum vitamin D levels differ in horses with asthma compared to control ...
Sophie Mainguy-Seers, Susan J. Holcombe, Jean-Pierre Lavoie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resposta inflamatória, estado nutricional e função pulmonar em crianças e adolescentes como fibrose cística [PDF]

, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Programa de Pos-Graduação em Nutrição.Introdução: as infecções das vias respiratórias e a ativação de processos inflamatórios promovem depleção nutricional e ...
Pereira, Letícia Cristina Radin
core  

The Microbiota and Equine Asthma: An Integrative View of the Gut–Lung Axis

Animals
Both microbe–microbe and host–microbe interactions can have effects beyond the local environment and influence immunological responses in remote organs such as the lungs.
Laurence Leduc, Marcio Costa, Mathilde Leclère   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The helminth product, ES-62, protects against airway inflammation by resetting the Th cell phenotype

, 2013
We previously demonstrated inhibition of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced allergic airway hyper-responsiveness in the mouse using ES-62, a phosphorylcholine-containing glycoprotein secreted by the filarial nematode, Acanthocheilonema viteae.
Harnett, M.M., Coltherd, Jennifer C., Harnett, W., Kean, Dorothy, Lamyaa Al-Riyami, Harnett, Margaret, Coltherd, Jennifer, Jennifer C. Coltherd, Steiger, Christina, Christina N. Steiger, Siebeke, I., Harnett, William, Coltherd, J.C., McSharry, Charles, Siebeke, Ivonne, Margaret M. Harnett, Al-Riyami, L., Justyna Rzepecka, Steiger, C.N., William Harnett, Dorothy E. Kean, Al-Riyami, Lamyaa, Harnett, Margaret M., Steiger, Christina N., Charles McSharry, Kean, Dorothy E., Rzepecka, J., Kean, D.E., Rzepecka, Justyna, McSharry, C., Ivonne Siebeke   +30 more
core   +1 more source