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Smoking-related interstitial lung disease [PDF]

, 2011
Cigarette smoking has a clear epidemiological association with lung diseases, characterised by chronic inflammation of both the bronchiolar and the interstitial lung compartments.
P. Spagnolo, CERRI, Stefania, SPAGNOLO, Paolo, RICHELDI, Luca, F. Luppi, S. Cerri, L. Richeldi   +6 more
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Hepatic ABCG5/G8 overexpression reduces apoB-lipoproteins and atherosclerosis when cholesterol absorption is inhibited

Journal of Lipid Research, 2007
We previously reported that liver-specific overexpression of ABCG5/G8 in mice is not atheroprotective, suggesting that increased biliary cholesterol secretion must be coupled with decreased intestinal cholesterol absorption to increase net sterol loss ...
Federica Basso, Lita A. Freeman, Carol Ko, Charles Joyce, Marcelo J. Amar, Robert D. Shamburek, Terese Tansey, Fairwell Thomas, Justina Wu, Beverly Paigen, Alan T. Remaley, Silvia Santamarina-Fojo, H. Bryan Brewer, Jr.   +12 more
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The natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]

, 2006
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA, and it remains one of the few diseases that continues to increase its numbers.
Mapel, D. W., Hawthorne, V, Heart, C, Vestbo, J., Mapel, D.W., Man, S. F P, Vestbo, J.; id_orcid, Man, SFP, Watt, G., Hart, C., Gillis, C., Mannino, D. M., Smith, G. Davey, Hawthorne, V., Upton, MN, Hart, C, Sin, D. D., Sin, DD, Van Eden, S., Davey Smith, G, Gillis, C, Upton, M, McConnachie, A., Man, S.F.P., Van Eeden, S., McConnachie, A, Hole, D., Mannino, DM, Mapel, DW, Sinn, DD, Sin, D.D., Van Eeden, S, Vestbo, J, Watt, G, Vestbo, Jørgen, Upton, M., Davey Smith, G., Hole, D, Mannino, D.M.   +38 more
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Angiogenesis in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [PDF]

, 2012
Angiogenesis is a crucial component of lung pathophysiology, not only in cancer but also in other disorders, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Gaetano Santulli, Alessandro Matarese
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Lung function in the general population : the complex interplay of variants in "Serpina1" and other genes with the environment [PDF]

, 2013
Background. One of the globally most frequent health problems are obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Thun, Gian Andri
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A Retrospective Analysis of 2-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Incidental Findings of Sarcoidosis

Diagnostics
Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multi-system granulomatous disease most commonly involving the lungs. It may be incidentally diagnosed during imaging studies for other conditions or non-specific symptoms.
Oluwabukola Thomas-Orogan, Shaney L. Barratt, Muhammad Zafran, Apollo Kwok, Anneliese Simons, Eoin P. Judge, Matthew Wells, Richard Daly, Charles Sharp, Abiramy Jeyabalan, Martin Plummeridge, Ladli Chandratreya, Lisa G. Spencer, Andrew R. L. Medford, Huzaifa I. Adamali   +14 more
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More than Ten Years of DOTS in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2008
Directly Observed Therapy Short-course (DOTS) is composed of five distinct elements: political commitment, case detection through quality-assured bacteriology; drug supplies; surveillance and monitoring systems and use of highly efficacious regimens; and
Hasan Žutić, Zehra Dizdarević, Aida Ustamujić, Zlatan Hadžimurtezić   +3 more
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Lung Diseases in the Elderly [PDF]

Respiration, 1998
Accessible online at: http://BioMedNet.com/karger In the present issue of Respiration, Quadrelli and Roncoroni [1] compare characteristics of asthma between 99 younger patients and 50 elderly asthmatics. Their results suggest that the severity of asthma increases with age and that the increase in severity is related to the duration of the disease ...
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Mechanochemical alterations in lung cells during fibrogenesis [PDF]

, 2009
Màster en BiofísicaIdiopath pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a usually fatal disease associated with hardening of the lung tissue, epithelial injury and abnormal wound healing.
Pavelescu, Irina
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HTR4 gene structure and altered expression in the developing lung [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spanning the 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 4 (5-HT4R) gene (HTR4) associated with lung function. The aims of this study were to i)
Swan, Caroline, Swan, C, Hodge, Emily, Ian P Hall, Stewart, Ceri E., Ceri E Stewart, Melén, Erik, Nelson, CP, Carl P Nelson, Catherine Gowland, Erik Melén, Henry, Amanda P., Sayers, Ian, Hodge, E, Henry, AP, Sayers, I, Hall, IP, Emily Hodge, Amanda P Henry, Hall, Ian P., Billington, Charlotte K., Anders Malarstig, Malarstig, Anders, Suzanne Miller, Miller, Suzanne, Billington, CK, Gowland, C, Mel�n, Erik, Gowland, Catherine, Stewart, CE, Miller, S, Caroline Swan, Malarstig, A, Melén, E, Nelson, Carl P., Charlotte K Billington, Ian Sayers   +36 more
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