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Respiratory antiviral immunity and immunobiotics: Beneficial effects on inflammation-coagulation interaction during influenza virus infection [PDF]
Influenza virus (IFV) is a major respiratory pathogen of global importance, and the cause of a high degree of morbidity and mortality, especially in high-risk populations such as infants, elderly, and immunocompromised hosts.
Alvarez, Gladis Susana +3 more
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The role of miR-29c/B7-H3/Th17 axis in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
Background Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is one of the most common causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children. Recent studies demonstrated that the incidence of severe or fatal M.
Qing-ling Li +9 more
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): breathtaking progress [PDF]
Reports of a new severe respiratory disease, now defined as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), began to emerge from Guangdong, in southern China, in late 2002.
Bhagani, S, Gillespie, SH, Hawkey, PM
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Lung volumes identify an at-risk group in persons with prolonged secondhand tobacco smoke exposure but without overt airflow obstruction. [PDF]
IntroductionExposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is associated with occult obstructive lung disease as evident by abnormal airflow indices representing small airway disease despite having preserved spirometry (normal forced expiratory volume in 1 s-to ...
Arjomandi, Mehrdad +9 more
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Background Sputum biopsies offer unique advantages such as non-invasiveness and convenient collection. The one investigation so far on sputum for genome profiling in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC) suggested promising performance.
Xiaohong Xie +14 more
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A new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has recently emerged to cause a human pandemic. Although molecular diagnostic tests were rapidly developed, serologic assays are still lacking, yet urgently needed ...
Nisreen M. A. Okba +18 more
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MUC5B regulates goblet cell differentiation and reduces inflammation in a murine COPD model
Background Airway mucus hypersecretion is one of the important pathological features of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). MUC5B is the main mucin expressed in the airways of COPD patients and has been indicated to play an important role in ...
Xuan Huang +5 more
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Infants hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infection commonly have respiratory viral coinfections [PDF]
Background: Whether viral coinfections cause more severe disease than Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis) alone remains unclear. We compared clinical disease severity and sought clinical and demographic differences between infants with B.
Agricola, Eleonora +22 more
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The self-medication phenomenon in upper respiratory tract infections, rhinosinusitis, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are significant and will continue to increase. Current level of evidence is poor because of the small number of good quality studies, small sample size, short duration, and variation in the composition of the herbal ...
Kilgore, David, Najm, Wadie
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Respiratory muscles dysfunction and respiratory diseases [PDF]
This review presents an analysis of the literature on the topic of respiratory muscle (RM) dysfunction in various forms of respiratory pathology: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, community-acquired pneumonia, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), sarcoidosis and interstitial lung diseases (ILD), associated with systemic connective ...
B I Geltser +3 more
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