Tuberculosis comorbidity with communicable and non-communicable diseases: integrating health services and control efforts. [PDF]
, 2013 Recent data for the global burden of disease reflect major demographic and lifestyle changes, leading to a rise in non-communicable diseases. Most countries with high levels of tuberculosis face a large comorbidity burden from both non-communicable and ...
Abubakar, Ibrahim +48 more
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Lung Cancer in Pulmonary Fibrosis: Tales of Epithelial Cell Plasticity [PDF]
, 2011 Lung epithelial cells exhibit a high degree of plasticity. Alterations to lung epithelial cell function are critically involved in several chronic lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis.
Königshoff, M. +2 more
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The avian lung-associated immune system [PDF]
, 2006 The lung is a major target organ for numerous viral and bacterial diseases of poultry. To control this constant threat birds have developed a highly organized lung-associated immune system.
Reese, Sven +5 more
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CEA, CYFRA 21-1, NSE, and ProGRP in the diagnosis of lung cancer: a multivariate approach [PDF]
, 2008 We retrospectively studied the single and combined diagnostic value of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin fragment 19 (CYFRA 21-1), neuron specific enolase (NSE) and pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (ProGRP), which were routinely analysed in ...
Gruber, Christine +4 more
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a complex comorbidity of lung cancer [PDF]
, 2011 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major burden throughout the world. It is associated with a significantly increased incidence of lung cancer and may influence treatment options and outcome.
Derek Grose MRCP, FRCR +3 more
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Azole-Induced Myositis after Combined Lung-Liver Transplantation
Case Reports in Transplantation, 2022 Lung transplant recipients experience a high rate of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis infections, for which voriconazole is the treatment of choice.
Sofie Happaerts +7 more
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Potential role of saffron and its components on miRNA levels in various disorders, a comprehensive review [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2023 The potential therapeutic benefits of saffron and its active constituents have been investigated for the treatment of numerous illnesses. In this review, the impacts of saffron and its essential components on the levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) in different
Mohammad Reza Aslani +4 more
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Lymphoproliferative Diseases Involving the Lung
, 2023 Nomenclature and classification schemes of lymphoproliferative disorders have undergone changes over the past 20 years. Malignant lesions are now best classified according to the current World Health Organization (WHO ...
Poletti, Venerino +2 more
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Transcriptional Blood Signatures Distinguish Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Pulmonary Sarcoidosis, Pneumonias and Lung Cancers [PDF]
, 2013 Rationale New approaches to define factors underlying the immunopathogenesis of pulmonary diseases including sarcoidosis and tuberculosis are needed to develop new treatments and biomarkers. Comparing the blood transcriptional response of tuberculosis
Lipman, M +122 more
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Simvastatin reduces endotoxin-induced acute lung injury by decreasing neutrophil recruitment and radical formation. [PDF]
, 2012 Treatment of acute lung injury (ALI) remains an unsolved problem in intensive care medicine. As simvastatin exerts protective effects in inflammatory diseases we explored its effects on development of ALI and due to the importance of neutrophils in ALI ...
Vijayan, Santosh +49 more
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