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Novel folliculin gene mutations in Polish patients with Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Background Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is a rare, autosomal dominant, inherited disease caused by mutations in the folliculin gene (FLCN). The disease is characterised by skin lesions (fibrofolliculomas, trichodiscomas, acrochordons), pulmonary cysts ...
Elżbieta Radzikowska, Urszula Lechowicz, Jolanta Winek, Lucyna Opoka   +3 more
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Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) in benign and malignant diseases [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) is described as a useful new biomarker in ovarian cancer. As HE4 is neither tumor nor organ specific, we intensively investigated the occurrence of this protein in female and male patients with various benign ...
Anastasi, Anastasi, Andersen, Andersen, Bast, Bast, Drapkin, Drapkin, Duffy, Duffy, Escudero, Escudero, Galgano, Galgano, Heintz, Heintz, Hellstrom, Hellstrom, Hellstrom, Hellstrom, Holcomb, Holcomb, Huhtinen, Huhtinen, Jacob, Jacob, Jacobs, Jacobs, Kurman, Kurman, Liu, Liu, Montagnana, Montagnana, Moore, Moore, Nolen, Nolen, Tuxen, Tuxen   +39 more
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Cell-based therapy in lung regenerative medicine [PDF]

, 2014
Chronic lung diseases are becoming a leading cause of death worldwide. There are few effective treatments for those patients and less choices to prevent the exacerbation or even reverse the progress of the diseases.
Jia, Zhenquan, Yang, Jibing
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The effect of residential urban greenness on allergic respiratory diseases in youth: A narrative review [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Environmental exposures across the life course may be a contributor to the increased worldwide prevalence of respiratory and allergic diseases occurring in the last decades.
Asta F, Cilluffo G, De Sario M, Ferrante G, La Grutta S, Michelozzi P   +5 more
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Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Specimens of Patients with Obstructive Lung Diseases—Colonization or Disease?

Antibiotics, 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, Karina Oniszh, Dorota Wyrostkiewicz, Piotr Radwan-Rohrenschef, Dorota Filipczak, Anna Zabost   +5 more
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A multicentre retrospective observational study on Polish experience of pirfenidone therapy in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the PolExPIR study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2020
Background Pirfenidone is an antifibrotic agent approved for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The drug is available for Polish patients with IPF since 2017. The PolExPIR study aimed to describe the real-world data (RWD) on the Polish
Sebastian Majewski, Adam J. Białas, Małgorzata Buchczyk, Paweł Gomółka, Katarzyna Górska, Hanna Jagielska-Len, Agnieszka Jarzemska, Ewa Jassem, Dariusz Jastrzębski, Aleksander Kania, Marek Koprowski, Rafał Krenke, Jan Kuś, Katarzyna Lewandowska, Magdalena M. Martusewicz-Boros, Kazimierz Roszkowski-Śliż, Alicja Siemińska, Krzysztof Sładek, Małgorzata Sobiecka, Karolina Szewczyk, Małgorzata Tomczak, Witold Tomkowski, Elżbieta Wiatr, Dariusz Ziora, Beata Żołnowska, Wojciech J. Piotrowski   +25 more
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Scleroderma lung disease [PDF]

European Respiratory Review, 2013
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease that is characterised by endothelial dysfunction resulting in a small-vessel vasculopathy, fibroblast dysfunction with resultant excessive collagen production and fibrosis, and immunological abnormalities.
Joshua J. Solomon, Amy L. Olson, Aryeh Fischer, Todd Bull, Kevin K. Brown, Ganesh Raghu   +5 more
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Nonhuman Primate Models of Respiratory Disease: Past, Present, and Future. [PDF]

, 2017
The respiratory system consists of an integrated network of organs and structures that primarily function for gas exchange. In mammals, oxygen and carbon dioxide are transmitted through a complex respiratory tract, consisting of the nasal passages ...
Miller, Lisa, Pinkerton, Kent, Royer, Christopher, Schelegle, Edward   +3 more
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Imaging in lung disease [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2002
The present supplement of the European Respiratory Journal comprises a number of reviews on Imaging in Lung Disease . It is the product of a symposium held in Barcelona, Spain, on June 23, 2001. The symposium was organized by the European Institute of Healthcare, set up by AstraZeneca.
M, Decramer, C, Roussos
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Risk factors for Haemophilus influenzae and pneumococcal respiratory tract colonization in CVID [PDF]

, 2018
To the Editor: Disease-specific studies focused on infection risk in common variable immune deficiencies (CVIDs) are needed to define strategies for controlling respiratory infections predominantly due to bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and ...
Camilli, Romina, Cardines, Rita, Cerquetti, Marina, Ciervo, Alessandra, Giufrè, Maria, Mancini, Fabiola, Milito, Cinzia, Pantosti, Annalisa, Pimentel de Araujo, Fernanda, Pulvirenti, Federica, Quinti, Isabella   +10 more
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