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Technical evaluation of Turbuhaler® use in children with bronchial asthma: combination of a checklist and inhalation parameters

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background The Turbuhaler® is a dry powder inhaler (DPI) that is commonly used in the treatment of asthmatic patients aged 5 years and above. Nevertheless, the technique of using the Turbuhaler® in the real world remains ambiguous.
Lina Liang, Ruogang Huang, Yun Li, Zhufeng Wang, Kang Peng, Junfeng Lin, Feifei Huang, Xiaoyin Yao, Jinping Zheng, Yi Gao   +9 more
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Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Respiratory Research
Background Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a leading cause of global mortality, with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) significantly increasing the disease’s morbidity and mortality.
Zhiwei Lin, Shuang Liu, Ke Zhang, Tianyu Feng, Yewei Luo, Yu Liu, Baoqing Sun, Luqian Zhou   +7 more
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Reduction of post-bronchoscopy pneumonia by working channel irrigation with sterile saline before diagnostic procedures

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background After transbronchial biopsy with flexible bronchoscopy, pneumonia sometimes occurs as a complication. The goal of our study was to determine whether irrigation of the working channel before diagnostic procedures can reduce the frequency of ...
Satoshi Nagaoka, Masaki Yamamoto, Sachi Takakura, Shunsuke Okazaki, Ryo Nakadegawa, Yuichiro Suzukawa, Anna Tanaka, Shinya Matsushita, Tatsuya Muraoka, Chihiro Maeda, Tomofumi Hirose, Kenichi Seki, Shuhei Teranishi, Ken Tashiro, Makoto Kudo, Takeshi Kaneko   +15 more
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Exploring Smad5: a review to pave the way for a deeper understanding of the pathobiology of common respiratory diseases

Molecular Medicine
Smad5 (small mothers against decapentaplegic 5) protein is a receptor-regulated member of the Smad family proteins, mainly participating in the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway in its phosphorylated form.
Zeqiang Lin, Jiayu Zhuang, Lixia He, Siyuan Zhu, Weiguo Kong, Wenju Lu, Zili Zhang   +6 more
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Dietary Fiber-Derived Microbial Butyrate Suppresses ILC2-Dependent Airway Inflammation in COPD

Mediators of Inflammation
Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) strongly modulate COPD pathogenesis. However, the significance of microbiota in ILC2s remains unelucidated. Herein, we investigated the immunomodulatory role of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in regulating ILC2 ...
Min Jiang, Jing Wang, Zheng Li, Dan Xu, Jing Jing, Fengsen Li, Jianbing Ding, Qifeng Li   +7 more
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Prevalence, Medicaid use and mortality risk of low FEV1 in adults aged 20–35 years old in the USA: evidence from a population-based retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Background The prevalence, Medicaid use and mortality risk associated with low forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) among young adults aged 20–35 years are not well understood, despite its potential implications for the development of chronic pulmonary
Yun Li, Qing Zhang, Jinhai Huang, Zihui Wang, Nanshan Zhong, Jinping Zheng, Yi Gao, Lina Liang, Junfeng Lin, Lunfang Tan, Shuyi Liu, Zhufeng Wang   +11 more
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The Reliability of a Novel Structured Testing Device for Single-breath Lung Carbon Monoxide Uptake: A Randomized Comparison Crossover Study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background With the development and market launch of several new domestic lung diffusing capacity testing instruments, the clinical reliability of the MeHow MeAir 9000 spirometer, featuring a novel turning valve structure, needs to be validated ...
Shihua Yao, Tuping Fu, Kuiqing Lin, Zhongping Wu, Shubing Chen, Liping Zhong, Beilan Shen, Yanqing Xie, Jiaying An, Xudong Wang, Wenting Liu, Xinxin Yu, Jinping Zheng, Yi Gao   +13 more
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Casticin Improves Respiratory Dysfunction and Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Inflammation via Inhibition of NF-ĸB in a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Model of Chronic Cigarette Smoke-Exposed Rats [Retraction]

Drug Design, Development and Therapy
Li J, Qiu C, Xu P, Lu Y, Chen RC. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2020;14:5019–5027. We, the Editors and Publisher of the journal Drug Design, Development and Therapy, have retracted the published article.
Li J, Qiu C, Xu P, Lu Y, Chen RC
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Inflammation biomarkers mediate causal inference of the effect of skin microbiota on the risk of allergic diseases

AMB Express
Alterations in skin microbiota composition have been linked to allergic diseases, but the causal relationship remains unclear. To investigate the causal relationship between skin microbiota, allergic diseases, and inflammation biomarkers using Mendelian ...
Yuting Zhang, Yanjuan Wu, Xiaofen Su, Qiming Gan, Yutong Ding, Jingcun Wang, Xinni Wang, Nuofu Zhang, Kang Wu   +8 more
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Sensing molecular carbon dioxide: a translational focus for respiratory disease. [PDF]

Physiol Rev
Vadász I, Cummins EP, Brotherton DH, Casalino-Matsuda SM, Dada LA, Green O, King DT, Kryvenko V, Shigemura M, Sporn PHS, Strowitzki MJ, Cann MJ, Sznajder JI.   +12 more
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