Nature Communications, 2022 How different physical configurations between sarcomeres and mitochondria alter energetic support for contractile function of skeletal muscle is not clear.
Prasanna Katti +8 more
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Fetal Programming: Lung Health and Disease
Turkish Thoracic Journal, 2021 Fetal programming is a mechanism whereby stimuli acting on the developing fetus influence the development of the fetus in a way that may set the stage for adult health and disease. These stimuli may be environmental, such as maternal smoking; metabolic, such as the maternal diet and nutrition; or endocrine, such as diabetes or stress, and may extend ...
Ozge, Yilmaz +2 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 +3 more
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It’s In The Bag: Tidal Volumes in Adult and Pediatric Bag Valve Masks [PDF]
, 2020 Introduction: A bag valve mask (BVM) is a life saving device used by all levels of health care professionals during resuscitative care. We focus most of our time optimizing the patient’s position, firmly securing the mask, and frequency of ventilations ...
Dafilou, Benjamin +3 more
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Long-term morbidity from severe pneumonia in early childhood in The Gambia, West Africa: a follow-up study [PDF]
, 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess long-term outcomes in severe early childhood pneumonia in The Gambia. DESIGN: Observational cohort study of children hospitalised with severe pneumonia between 1992 and 1 04 compared to age, sex, and neigh bourhood-marched controls ...
Adegbola, RA +6 more
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Exposure-Lag-Response in Longitudinal Studies: Application of Distributed-Lag Nonlinear Models in an Occupational Cohort. [PDF]
, 2018 Prolonged exposures can have complex relationships with health outcomes, as timing, duration, and intensity of exposure are all potentially relevant.
Brown, Daniel M +6 more
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BDNF/TrkB axis activation promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Neurotrophins (NT) belongs to a family of growth factors which promotes neurons survival and differentiation. Increasing evidence show that NT and their receptor are expressed in lung tissues suggesting a possible role in lung health and ...
Bruno, Pierdonato +8 more
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Pulmonary rehabilitation for post-TB lung disease led by TB survivors
Public Health ActionBACKGROUND: Post-TB patients often experience persistent lung issues that impair exercise capacity and quality of life. Although pulmonary rehabilitation is known to be effective for chronic lung diseases, its role in post-TB lung disease remains ...
F.J. Mtei +22 more
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Design and Benchmark Testing for Open Architecture Reconfigurable Mobile Spirometer and Exhaled Breath Monitor with GPS and Data Telemetry. [PDF]
, 2019 Portable and wearable medical instruments are poised to play an increasingly important role in health monitoring. Mobile spirometers are available commercially, and are used to monitor patients with advanced lung disease.
Davis, Cristina E +7 more
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Surface Fluorescence Studies of Tissue Mitochondrial Redox State in Isolated Perfused Rat Lungs [PDF]
, 2012 We designed a fiber-optic-based optoelectronic fluorometer to measure emitted fluorescence from the auto-fluorescent electron carriers NADH and FAD of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC).
Audi, Said H. +4 more
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