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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 +3 more
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Diagnostics, 2022 Background: Large pericardial effusion (LPE) is associated with high mortality. In patients with cardiac tamponade or with suspected bacterial etiology of pericardial effusion, urgent pericardial decompression is necessary.
Małgorzata Dybowska +7 more
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Elastocapillary network model of inhalation [PDF]
Physical Review Research, 2, 043382 (2020), 2020 The seemingly simple process of inhalation relies on a complex interplay between muscular contraction in the thorax, elasto-capillary interactions in individual lung branches, propagation of air between different connected branches, and overall air flow into the lungs.
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The Tumor Cytosol miRNAs, Fluid miRNAs, and Exosome miRNAs in Lung Cancer. [PDF]
, 2014 The focus of this review is to provide an update on the progress of microRNAs (miRNAs) as potential biomarkers for lung cancer. miRNAs are single-stranded, small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression and show tissue-specific signatures ...
Haisheng eXu +4 more
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Developing inhaled protein therapeutics for lung diseases
Molecular Biomedicine, 2020 Biologic therapeutics such as protein/polypeptide drugs are conventionally administered systemically via intravenous injection for the treatment of diseases including lung diseases, although this approach leads to low target site accumulation and the ...
A. Matthews, P. L. Ee, R. Ge
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Interstitial lung disease [PDF]
European Respiratory Review, 2013 This article reviews the most important articles published in interstitial lung disease, as reviewed during the Clinical Year in Review session at the 2012 annual European Respiratory Society Congress in Vienna, Austria.Since the recent international guidelines for the management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), important new evidence is ...
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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 +25 more
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MMP-9 cleaves SP-D and abrogates its innate immune functions in vitro [PDF]
, 2012 Possession of a properly functioning innate immune system in the lung is vital to prevent infections due to the ongoing exposure of the lung to pathogens.
Amit Gaggar +6 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018 Many studies have been undertaken to reveal how tobacco smoke skews immune responses contributing to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases. Recently, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been linked with
Agnieszka Strzelak +3 more
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