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Neutrophil extracellular traps are associated with airways inflammation and increased severity of lung disease in cystic fibrosis

open access: yesERJ Open Research
Background Cystic fibrosis (CF) is characterised by inflammatory lung disease and large numbers of airways neutrophils. In health, neutrophils undergo apoptosis and removal from the airway.
Sheonagh M. Law   +7 more
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Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid lymphocytosis in 104 dogs (2006‐2016)

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2019
Background Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid cytology and culture are used to characterize respiratory diseases in dogs. Little is known about disorders associated with increased numbers of lymphocytes in BAL fluid.
Lynelle R. Johnson, William Vernau
doaj   +1 more source

Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 4 Deficiency Mediates Airway Inflammation in the Adult Healthy Lung?

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2020
Fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) 4 has been shown to mediate pro-inflammatory signaling in the liver and airway epithelium in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Molly Easter   +16 more
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Effects of soaked hay on lung function and airway inflammation in horses with severe asthma

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Background Reducing inhaled dust particles improves lung function in horses with severe asthma. Soaked hay is commonly used by owners, but its efficacy in improving lung function and inflammation has not been documented. Objectives To measure the effects
Roxane Westerfeld   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple inflammatory hits and the pathogenesis of severe airway disease.

open access: yes, 2006
Refractory or difficult-to-control asthma is associated with some clinical and pathological features normally associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), raising the possibility that there are similarities in their pathogenesis.
R. H. Green   +11 more
core   +1 more source

EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Chronic damage and repair of the bronchial epithelium are features of asthma. We have previously reported that ex vivo stimulation of normal bronchial epithelial cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF), a key factor of epithelial repair, enhances the ...
Donna E Davies   +52 more
core   +1 more source

Chronic airway inflammatory diseases and e-cigarette use: a review of health risks and mechanisms

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Medical Research
Chronic airway inflammatory diseases, which primarily include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, allergic rhinitis, and chronic sinusitis, continue to have a high global prevalence, highlighting their significant public health impact ...
Xing Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of airway mucus hypersecretion in chronic airway inflammatory disease: Chinese expert consensus (English edition)

open access: yes, 2018
Yongchun Shen,1 Shaoguang Huang,2 Jian Kang,3 Jiangtao Lin,4 Kefang Lai,5 Yongchang Sun,6 Wei Xiao,7 Lan Yang,8 Wanzhen Yao,6 Shaoxi Cai,9 Kewu Huang,10 Fuqiang Wen1 1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan ...
Huang S   +11 more
core  

Association of current smoking with airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asymptomatic smokers

open access: yesRespiratory Research, 2005
Background Inflammation in the airways and lung parenchyma underlies fixed airway obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The exact role of smoking as promoting factor of inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is not clear ...
Willemse Brigitte WM   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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