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Processed meat consumption and lung function: modification by antioxidants and smoking [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Unhealthy dietary patterns are associated with poorer lung function. It is not known whether this is due to low consumption of antioxidant-rich fruit and vegetables, or is a consequence of higher intakes of harmful dietary constituents such as processed ...
Okubo, H.   +18 more
core   +1 more source

Hemopexin alleviates sterile inflammation in ischemia-reperfusion-induced lung injury

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology
IntroductionPulmonary ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury (IRI) plays a significant role in various lung disorders and is a key factor in the development of primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation.
Tomoyuki Nakagiri   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics and Outcomes of Male Participants in a Multicenter Longitudinal Australian Study Cohort

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the differences in demographic, serologic, and clinical characteristics between male and female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an Australian cohort. Methods This was a retrospective observational study using data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study.
Emily Lin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The healthcare needs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients in the last year of life

open access: yes, 2005
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes almost as many deaths as lung cancer, yet evidence about the impact of COPD in the latter stages of illness is limited. We assessed the healthcare needs of COPD patients in the last year of life through
White, P; id_orcid   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Pulmonary function measures reflect respiratory health and are used in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We tested genome-wide association with forced expiratory volume in 1 second and the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 ...
Stricker, Bruno H. Ch   +902 more
core   +1 more source

Exploring the effects of tinzaparin and cisplatin on lung cancer cells in vitro

open access: yesCancer Cell International
Background Low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) are widely used to prevent or treat cancer- and thrombosis-related conditions. However, their direct effects on cancer cells remain unclear. Methods Nine non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines (H1437,
Julia Held   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical characteristics of Japanese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with comorbid interstitial lung abnormalities: A cross-sectional study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Smoking-related interstitial lung abnormalities are different from specific forms of fibrosing lung disease which might be associated with poor prognoses.
Manabu Ono   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pulsed moxifloxacin for the prevention of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Acute exacerbations contribute to the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This proof-of-concept study evaluates whether intermittent pulsed moxifloxacin treatment could reduce the frequency of ...
Jones, PW   +118 more
core   +1 more source

Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Specimens of Patients with Obstructive Lung Diseases—Colonization or Disease?

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2020
Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly a cause of human respiratory tract colonization and mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD), especially in patients with chronic lung diseases.
Monika Szturmowicz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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