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Respiratory Research

Ausgabe 1/2018

Inhalt (261 Artikel)

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Upregulation of Mas-related G Protein coupled receptor X2 in asthmatic lung mast cells and its activation by the novel neuropeptide hemokinin-1

Wichayapha Manorak, Chizobam Idahosa, Kshitij Gupta, Saptarshi Roy, Reynold Panettieri Jr, Hydar Ali

Open Access Research

GM-CSF overexpression after influenza a virus infection prevents mortality and moderates M1-like airway monocyte/macrophage polarization

E. Scott Halstead, Todd M. Umstead, Michael L. Davies, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa, Patricia Silveyra, Judie Howyrlak, Linlin Yang, Weichao Guo, Sanmei Hu, Eranda Kurundu Hewage, Zissis C. Chroneos

Open Access Research

Urban particulate matter (PM) suppresses airway antibacterial defence

Xiaoyan Chen, Jinguo Liu, Jian Zhou, Jian Wang, Cuicui Chen, Yuanlin Song, Jue Pan

Open Access Research

Biomarkers of inflammation in infants with cystic fibrosis

Theresa A. Laguna, Cynthia B. Williams, Myra G. Nunez, Cole Welchlin-Bradford, Catherine E. Moen, Cavan S. Reilly, Chris H. Wendt

Open Access Research

Serum metabolic profiling identified a distinct metabolic signature in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis – a potential biomarker role for LysoPC

Barbara Rindlisbacher, Cornelia Schmid, Thomas Geiser, Cédric Bovet, Manuela Funke-Chambour

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Effects of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the differential expression of VEGF-A isoforms and receptors in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

Shaney L. Barratt, Thomas Blythe, Khadija Ourradi, Caroline Jarrett, Gavin I. Welsh, David O. Bates, Ann B. Millar

Open Access Review

Critical inhaler errors in asthma and COPD: a systematic review of impact on health outcomes

Omar Sharif Usmani, Federico Lavorini, Jonathan Marshall, William Christopher Nigel Dunlop, Louise Heron, Emily Farrington, Richard Dekhuijzen

Open Access Review

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease guidelines in Europe: a look into the future

Marc Miravitlles, Nicolas Roche, João Cardoso, David Halpin, Zaurbek Aisanov, Hannu Kankaanranta, Vladimir Kobližek, Paweł Śliwiński, Leif Bjermer, Michael Tamm, Francesco Blasi, Claus F. Vogelmeier

Open Access Research

Prevalence and management of severe asthma in primary care: an observational cohort study in Sweden (PACEHR)

Kjell Larsson, Björn Ställberg, Karin Lisspers, Gunilla Telg, Gunnar Johansson, Marcus Thuresson, Christer Janson

Open Access Research

Comparative analysis of COPD associated with tobacco smoking, biomass smoke exposure or both

Jordi Olloquequi, Sergio Jaime, Viviana Parra, Elizabeth Cornejo-Córdova, Gonzalo Valdivia, Àlvar Agustí, Rafael Silva O.

Open Access Research

Radiation-induced pulmonary gene expression changes are attenuated by the CTGF antibody Pamrevlumab

Mark D. Sternlicht, Ute Wirkner, Sebastian Bickelhaupt, Ramon Lopez Perez, Alexandra Tietz, Kenneth E. Lipson, Todd W. Seeley, Peter E. Huber

Open Access Research

Accumulation mode particles and LPS exposure induce TLR-4 dependent and independent inflammatory responses in the lung

Angela M. Fonceca, Graeme R. Zosky, Elizabeth M. Bozanich, Erika N. Sutanto, Anthony Kicic, Paul S. McNamara, Darryl A. Knight, Peter D. Sly, Debra J. Turner, Stephen M. Stick

Open Access Research

IL-1β mediates lung neutrophilia and IL-33 expression in a mouse model of viral-induced asthma exacerbation

Irma Mahmutovic Persson, Mandy Menzel, Sangeetha Ramu, Samuel Cerps, Hamid Akbarshahi, Lena Uller

Open Access Review

Molecular imaging of pulmonary diseases

Julien Dimastromatteo, Eric J. Charles, Victor E. Laubach

Open Access Research

Long-acting bronchodilators improve exercise capacity in COPD patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fabiano Di Marco, Giovanni Sotgiu, Pierachille Santus, Denis E. O’Donnell, Kai-Michael Beeh, Simone Dore, Maria Adelaide Roggi, Lisa Giuliani, Francesco Blasi, Stefano Centanni

Open Access Research

Association of thrombocytosis with COPD morbidity: the SPIROMICS and COPDGene cohorts

Ashraf Fawzy, Nirupama Putcha, Laura M. Paulin, Carrie P. Aaron, Wassim W. Labaki, MeiLan K. Han, Robert A. Wise, Richard E. Kanner, Russell P. Bowler, R. Graham Barr, Nadia N. Hansel, Neil E. Alexis, Wayne H. Anderson, Igor Barjaktarevic, R. Graham Barr, Eugene R. Bleecker, Richard C. Boucher, Russell P. Bowler, Elizabeth E. Carretta, Stephanie A. Christenson, Alejandro P. Comellas, Christopher B. Cooper, David J. Couper, Gerard J. Criner, Ronald G. Crystal, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Claire M. Doerschuk, Mark T. Dransfield, Christine M. Freeman, Mei Lan K. Han, Nadia N. Hansel, Annette T. Hastie, Eric A. Hoffman, Robert J. Kaner, Richard E. Kanner, Eric C. Kleerup, Jerry A. Krishnan, Lisa M. LaVange, Stephen C. Lazarus, Fernando J. Martinez, Deborah A. Meyers, Wendy C. Moore, John D. Newell Jr., Laura Paulin, Stephen Peters, Cheryl Pirozzi, Elizabeth C. Oelsner, Wanda K. O’Neal, Victor E. Ortega, Robert Paine, Nirupama Putcha, Sanjeev Raman, Stephen I. Rennard, Donald P. Tashkin, J. Michael Wells, Robert A. Wise, Prescott G. Woodruff

Open Access Research

miR-34a is involved in CSE-induced apoptosis of human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells by targeting Notch-1 receptor protein

Ying-Jiao Long, Xiao-Peng Liu, Shan-Shan Chen, Dan-Dan Zong, Yan Chen, Ping Chen

Open Access Research

Long-term preservation of planar cell polarity in reversed tracheal epithelium

Takuya Tsuji, Ryosuke Nakamura, Tatsuya Katsuno, Yo Kishimoto, Atsushi Suehiro, Masaru Yamashita, Ryuji Uozumi, Tatsuo Nakamura, Ichiro Tateya, Koichi Omori

Open Access Research

Differential effects of innate immune variants of surfactant protein-A1 (SFTPA1) and SP-A2 (SFTPA2) in airway function after Klebsiella pneumoniae infection and sex differences

Nithyananda Thorenoor, Xuesheng Zhang, Todd M. Umstead, E. Scott Halstead, David S. Phelps, Joanna Floros

Open Access Research

The JAK2 pathway is activated in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Javier Milara, Gracia Hernandez, Beatriz Ballester, Anselm Morell, Inés Roger, P. Montero, Juan Escrivá, José M. Lloris, Maria Molina-Molina, Esteban Morcillo, Julio Cortijo

Open Access Research

The topical study of inhaled drug (salbutamol) delivery in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Omar S. Usmani, Martyn F. Biddiscombe, Shuying Yang, Sally Meah, Eunice Oballa, Juliet K. Simpson, William A. Fahy, Richard P. Marshall, Pauline T. Lukey, Toby M. Maher

Open Access Research

Characterizing undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kate M. Johnson, Stirling Bryan, Shahzad Ghanbarian, Don D. Sin, Mohsen Sadatsafavi

Open Access Research

Endothelial Cdc42 deficiency impairs endothelial regeneration and vascular repair after inflammatory vascular injury

Jiawen Lv, Junchao Zeng, Fukun Guo, Yiran Li, Mengying Xu, Yuanxiong Cheng, Lin Zhang, Shaoxi Cai, Yinghua Chen, Yi Zheng, Guodong Hu

Open Access Research

Intermittent hypoxia promotes melanoma lung metastasis via oxidative stress and inflammation responses in a mouse model of obstructive sleep apnea

Lian Li, Fangyuan Ren, Chao Qi, Leiqian Xu, Yinshan Fang, Maoli Liang, Jing Feng, Baoyuan Chen, Wen Ning, Jie Cao

Open Access Research

Role of ATP-sensitive potassium channels on hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in endotoxemia

Maurizio Turzo, Julian Vaith, Felix Lasitschka, Markus A. Weigand, Cornelius J. Busch

Open Access Research

Serum IgG subclass levels and risk of exacerbations and hospitalizations in patients with COPD

Fernando Sergio Leitao Filho, Seung Won Ra, Andre Mattman, Robert S. Schellenberg, Gerard J. Criner, Prescott G. Woodruff, Stephen C. Lazarus, Richard Albert, John E. Connett, Meilan K. Han, Fernando J. Martinez, Janice M. Leung, S. F. Paul Man, Shawn D. Aaron, Robert M. Reed, Don D. Sin

Open Access Research

Relationship of CT-quantified emphysema, small airways disease and bronchial wall dimensions with physiological, inflammatory and infective measures in COPD

Kristoffer Ostridge, Nicholas P. Williams, Viktoriya Kim, Stephen Harden, Simon Bourne, Stuart C. Clarke, Emmanuel Aris, Sonia Mesia-Vela, Jeanne-Marie Devaster, Andrew Tuck, Anthony Williams, Stephen Wootton, Karl J. Staples, Tom M. A. Wilkinson

Open Access Review

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pathogenesis and management

Giacomo Sgalla, Bruno Iovene, Mariarosaria Calvello, Margherita Ori, Francesco Varone, Luca Richeldi

Open Access Research

Modulation of human airway smooth muscle biology by human adipocytes

Amanda Giesler, Manali Mukherjee, Katherine Radford, Luke Janssen, Parameswaran Nair

Open Access Research

Impaired diversity of the lung microbiome predicts progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Youhei Takahashi, Atsushi Saito, Hirofumi Chiba, Koji Kuronuma, Kimiyuki Ikeda, Tomofumi Kobayashi, Shigeru Ariki, Motoko Takahashi, Yasushi Sasaki, Hiroki Takahashi

Open Access Research

Favorable longitudinal change of lung function in patients with asthma-COPD overlap from a COPD cohort

Hye Yun Park, Suh-Young Lee, Danbee Kang, Juhee Cho, Hyun Lee, Seong Yong Lim, Ho Il Yoon, Seung Won Ra, Ki Uk Kim, Yeon-Mok Oh, Don D. Sin, Sang-Do Lee, Yong Bum Park

Open Access Research

PM2.5 promotes human bronchial smooth muscle cell migration via the sonic hedgehog signaling pathway

Xiuqin Ye, Wei Hong, Binwei Hao, Gongyong Peng, Lingmei Huang, Zhuxiang Zhao, Yumin Zhou, Mengning Zheng, Chenglong Li, Chunxiao Liang, Erkang Yi, Jinding Pu, Bing Li, Pixin Ran

Open Access Research

Proteomic profiling of lung immune cells reveals dysregulation of phagocytotic pathways in female-dominated molecular COPD phenotype

Mingxing Yang, Maxie Kohler, Tina Heyder, Helena Forsslund, Hilde K. Garberg, Reza Karimi, Johan Grunewald, Frode S. Berven, Sven Nyrén, C. Magnus Sköld, Åsa M. Wheelock

Open Access Research

Long-term smoking alters abundance of over half of the proteome in bronchoalveolar lavage cell in smokers with normal spirometry, with effects on molecular pathways associated with COPD

Mingxing Yang, Maxie Kohler, Tina Heyder, Helena Forsslund, Hilde K. Garberg, Reza Karimi, Johan Grunewald, Frode S. Berven, C. Magnus Sköld, Åsa M. Wheelock

Open Access Research

Inhibition of cell-adhesion protein DPYSL3 promotes metastasis of lung cancer

Yang Yang, Yan Jiang, Dong Xie, Ming Liu, Nan Song, Junjie Zhu, Jiang Fan, Chenfang Zhu

Open Access Research

Airway surface liquid from smokers promotes bacterial growth and biofilm formation via iron-lactoferrin imbalance

Luis G. Vargas Buonfiglio, Jennifer A. Borcherding, Mark Frommelt, Gavin J. Parker, Bryce Duchman, Oriana G. Vanegas Calderón, Ruth Fernandez-Ruiz, Julio E. Noriega, Elizabeth A. Stone, Alicia K. Gerke, Joseph Zabner, Alejandro P. Comellas

Open Access Research

Factors associated with bronchiectasis in patients with uncontrolled asthma; the NOPES score: a study in 398 patients

A. Padilla-Galo, C. Olveira, L. Fernández de Rota-Garcia, I. Marco-Galve, A. J. Plata, A. Alvarez, F. Rivas-Ruiz, A. Carmona-Olveira, J. J. Cebrian-Gallardo, M. A. Martinez-Garcia

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G908R NOD2 variant in a family with sarcoidosis

Valérie Besnard, Alain Calender, Diane Bouvry, Yves Pacheco, Catherine Chapelon-Abric, Florence Jeny, Hilario Nunes, Carole Planès, Dominique Valeyre

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Increased circulating desmosine and age-dependent elastinolysis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Bart de Brouwer, Marjolein Drent, Jody M. W. van den Ouweland, Petal A. Wijnen, Coline H. M. van Moorsel, Otto Bekers, Jan C. Grutters, Eric S. White, Rob Janssen

Open Access Research

Integrative genomics identifies new genes associated with severe COPD and emphysema

Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Jarrett D. Morrow, Peter J. Castaldi, Craig P. Hersh, Yohan Bossé, Edwin K. Silverman, Ani Manichaikul, Michael H. Cho

Open Access Research

Plasma YKL-40 and NGAL are useful in distinguishing ACO from asthma and COPD

Jing Wang, Huajie Lv, Zhuang Luo, Shan Mou, Jing Liu, Chang Liu, Shiying Deng, Youfan Jiang, Jiachen Lin, Chengzhou Wu, Xianhong Liu, Jinzhi He, Depeng Jiang

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Prediction equations of forced oscillation technique: the insidious role of collinearity

Hassib Narchi, Afaf AlBlooshi

Open Access Research

Physical activity in the morning and afternoon is lower in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with morning symptoms

Amanda R. van Buul, Marise J. Kasteleyn, Niels H. Chavannes, Christian Taube

Open Access Review

Regulation of alveolar macrophage death in acute lung inflammation

Erica K Y Fan, Jie Fan

Open Access Review

Evaluation of oxidative stress biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and therapeutic applications: a systematic review

Alessandro G. Fois, Panagiotis Paliogiannis, Salvatore Sotgia, Arduino A. Mangoni, Elisabetta Zinellu, Pietro Pirina, Ciriaco Carru, Angelo Zinellu

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Oxidative stress enhances the expression of IL-33 in human airway epithelial cells

Hiroyuki Aizawa, Akira Koarai, Yutaka Shishikura, Satoru Yanagisawa, Mutsuo Yamaya, Hisatoshi Sugiura, Tadahisa Numakura, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Naoya Fujino, Masafumi Noda, Yoshinori Okada, Masakazu Ichinose

Open Access Research

The dopamine D1 receptor is expressed and induces CREB phosphorylation and MUC5AC expression in human airway epithelium

Nao Matsuyama, Sumire Shibata, Atsuko Matoba, Tada-aki Kudo, Jennifer Danielsson, Atsushi Kohjitani, Eiji Masaki, Charles W. Emala, Kentaro Mizuta

Open Access Review

Airway disease phenotypes in animal models of cystic fibrosis

Alexandra McCarron, Martin Donnelley, David Parsons

Open Access Research

A GATA3-specific DNAzyme attenuates sputum eosinophilia in eosinophilic COPD patients: a feasibility randomized clinical trial

Timm Greulich, Jens M. Hohlfeld, Petra Neuser, Katrin Lueer, Andreas Klemmer, Carmen Schade-Brittinger, Susanne Harnisch, Holger Garn, Harald Renz, Ursula Homburg, Jonas Renz, Anne Kirsten, Frauke Pedersen, Meike Müller, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Henrik Watz

Open Access Research

The inhibition of human lung fibroblast proliferation and differentiation by Gs-coupled receptors is not predicted by the magnitude of cAMP response

Maxine J. Roberts, Rebecca E. Broome, Toby C. Kent, Steven J. Charlton, Elizabeth M. Rosethorne

Open Access Research

Acute lung injury by gastric fluid instillation: activation of myofibroblast apoptosis during injury resolution

Pedro Ayala, Jorge Torres, Raúl Vivar, Manuel Meneses, Pablo Olmos, Tamara San Martin, Gisella R. Borzone

Open Access Research

Crocin attenuates cigarette smoke-induced lung injury and cardiac dysfunction by anti-oxidative effects: the role of Nrf2 antioxidant system in preventing oxidative stress

Mahin Dianat, Maryam Radan, Mohammad Badavi, Seyyed Ali Mard, Vahid Bayati, Masoumeh Ahmadizadeh

Open Access Research

The genetics of smoking in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ma’en Obeidat, Guohai Zhou, Xuan Li, Nadia N. Hansel, Nicholas Rafaels, Rasika Mathias, Ingo Ruczinski, Terri H. Beaty, Kathleen C. Barnes, Peter D. Paré, Don D. Sin

Open Access Research

Associations of the plasma lipidome with mortality in the acute respiratory distress syndrome: a longitudinal cohort study

Michael D. Maile, Theodore J. Standiford, Milo C. Engoren, Kathleen A. Stringer, Elizabeth S. Jewell, Thekkelnaycke M. Rajendiran, Tanu Soni, Charles F. Burant

Open Access Research

Pectoralis muscle area and mortality in smokers without airflow obstruction

Alejandro A. Diaz, Carlos H. Martinez, Rola Harmouche, Thomas P. Young, Merry-Lynn McDonald, James C. Ross, Mei Lan Han, Russell Bowler, Barry Make, Elizabeth A. Regan, Edwin K. Silverman, James Crapo, Aladin M. Boriek, Gregory L. Kinney, John E. Hokanson, Raul San Jose Estepar, George R. Washko

Open Access Research

Proteolytic biomarkers are related to prognosis in COPD- report from a population-based cohort

Robert Linder, Eva Rönmark, Jamshid Pourazar, Annelie F. Behndig, Anders Blomberg, Anne Lindberg

Open Access Research

Beclomethasone dipropionate and formoterol fumarate synergistically interact in hyperresponsive medium bronchi and small airways

Luigino Calzetta, Maria Gabriella Matera, Francesco Facciolo, Mario Cazzola, Paola Rogliani

Open Access Letter to the Editor

Human alveolar macrophages predominately express combined classical M1 and M2 surface markers in steady state

Elena Mitsi, Raphael Kamng’ona, Jamie Rylance, Carla Solórzano, J. Jesus Reiné, Henry C. Mwandumba, Daniela M. Ferreira, Kondwani C. Jambo

Open Access Research

FK506-binding protein 10 (FKBP10) regulates lung fibroblast migration via collagen VI synthesis

Larissa Knüppel, Katharina Heinzelmann, Michael Lindner, Rudolf Hatz, Jürgen Behr, Oliver Eickelberg, Claudia A. Staab-Weijnitz

Open Access Research

Expression of MATE1, P-gp, OCTN1 and OCTN2, in epithelial and immune cells in the lung of COPD and healthy individuals

Tove Berg, Tove Hegelund-Myrbäck, Johan Öckinger, Xiao-Hong Zhou, Marie Brännström, Michael Hagemann-Jensen, Viktoria Werkström, Janeric Seidegård, Johan Grunewald, Magnus Nord, Lena Gustavsson

Open Access Research

Recurrent inhibition of mitochondrial complex III induces chronic pulmonary vasoconstriction and glycolytic switch in the rat lung

Olga Rafikova, Anup Srivastava, Ankit A. Desai, Ruslan Rafikov, Stevan P. Tofovic

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Long-acting bronchodilators improve exercise capacity in COPD patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fabiano Di Marco, Giovanni Sotgiu, Pierachille Santus, Denis E. O’Donnell, Kai-Michael Beeh, Simone Dore, Maria Adelaide Roggi, Lisa Giuliani, Francesco Blasi, Stefano Centanni

Open Access Research

Resolution of bleomycin-induced murine pulmonary fibrosis via a splenic lymphocyte subpopulation

Koichiro Kamio, Arata Azuma, Kuniko Matsuda, Jiro Usuki, Minoru Inomata, Akemi Morinaga, Takeru Kashiwada, Nobuhiko Nishijima, Shioto Itakura, Nariaki Kokuho, Kenichiro Atsumi, Hiroki Hayashi, Tomoyoshi Yamaguchi, Kazue Fujita, Yoshinobu Saito, Shinji Abe, Kaoru Kubota, Akihiko Gemma

Open Access Research

Abnormal pulmonary function tests predict the development of radiation-induced pneumonitis in advanced non-small cell lung Cancer

L. Torre-Bouscoulet, W. R. Muñoz-Montaño, D. Martínez-Briseño, F. J. Lozano-Ruiz, R. Fernández-Plata, J. A. Beck-Magaña, C. García-Sancho, A. Guzmán-Barragán, E. Vergara, M. Blake-Cerda, L. Gochicoa-Rangel, F. Maldonado, M. Arroyo-Hernández, O. Arrieta

Open Access Research

Associations between comorbidities, their treatment and survival in patients with interstitial lung diseases – a claims data analysis

Larissa Schwarzkopf, Sabine Witt, Julia Waelscher, Markus Polke, Michael Kreuter

Open Access Research

Rituximab for auto-immune alveolar proteinosis, a real life cohort study

Berenice Soyez, Raphael Borie, Cedric Menard, Jacques Cadranel, Leonidas Chavez, Vincent Cottin, Emmanuel Gomez, Sylvain Marchand-Adam, Sylvie Leroy, Jean-Marc Naccache, Hilario Nunes, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Laurent Savale, Abdellatif Tazi, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou, Marie-Pierre Debray, Bruno Crestani

Open Access Research

Adverse events profile of oral corticosteroids among asthma patients in the UK: cohort study with a nested case-control analysis

Marlene Bloechliger, Daphne Reinau, Julia Spoendlin, Shih-Chen Chang, Klaus Kuhlbusch, Liam G. Heaney, Susan S. Jick, Christoph R. Meier

Open Access Research

Prenatal fine particulate exposure associated with reduced childhood lung function and nasal epithelia GSTP1 hypermethylation: Sex-specific effects

Alison G. Lee, Blake Le Grand, Hsiao-Hsien Leon Hsu, Yueh-Hsiu Mathilda Chiu, Kasey J. Brennan, Sonali Bose, Maria José Rosa, Kelly J. Brunst, Itai Kloog, Ander Wilson, Joel Schwartz, Wayne Morgan, Brent A. Coull, Robert O. Wright, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Rosalind J. Wright

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Comparative analysis of COPD associated with tobacco smoking, biomass smoke exposure or both

Jordi Olloquequi, Sergio Jaime, Viviana Parra, Elizabeth Cornejo-Córdova, Gonzalo Valdivia, Àlvar Agustí, Rafael O. Silva

Open Access Research

Altered lung biology of healthy never smokers following acute inhalation of E-cigarettes

Michelle R. Staudt, Jacqueline Salit, Robert J. Kaner, Charleen Hollmann, Ronald G. Crystal

Open Access Review

Pollution and respiratory disease: can diet or supplements help? A review

T. Whyand, J. R. Hurst, M. Beckles, M. E. Caplin

Open Access Research

Pulmonary inflammation-induced loss and subsequent recovery of skeletal muscle mass require functional poly-ubiquitin conjugation

Judith J. M. Ceelen, Annemie M. W. J. Schols, Nathalie G. M. Thielen, Astrid Haegens, Douglas A. Gray, Marco C. J. M. Kelders, Chiel C. de Theije, Ramon C. J. Langen

Open Access Research

Trends in mortality from pneumonia in the Europe union: a temporal analysis of the European detailed mortality database between 2001 and 2014

Dominic C. Marshall, Ross J. Goodson, Yiwang Xu, Matthieu Komorowski, Joseph Shalhoub, Mahiben Maruthappu, Justin D. Salciccioli

Open Access Research

A Serological Biomarker of Versican Degradation is Associated with Mortality Following Acute Exacerbations of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia

Jannie M. B. Sand, Yoshinori Tanino, Morten A. Karsdal, Takefumi Nikaido, Kenichi Misa, Yuki Sato, Ryuichi Togawa, Xintao Wang, Diana J. Leeming, Mitsuru Munakata

Open Access Research

Immunohistological features related to functional impairment in lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Bruno Guedes Baldi, Alessandro Wasum Mariani, Raquel Annoni, Ronaldo Adib Kairalla, Suzana Pinheiro Pimenta, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho, Marisa Dolhnikoff

Open Access Research

Cost-effectiveness of lung volume reduction coil treatment in patients with severe emphysema: results from the 2-year follow-up crossover REVOLENS study (REVOLENS-2 study)

Julie Bulsei, Sylvie Leroy, Jeanne-Marie Perotin, Hervé Mal, Charles-Hugo Marquette, Hervé Dutau, Arnaud Bourdin, Jean-Michel Vergnon, Christophe Pison, Romain Kessler, Vincent Jounieaux, Mathieu Salaün, Armelle Marceau, Sylvain Dukic, Coralie Barbe, Margaux Bonnaire, Gaëtan Deslee, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Sandra Dury, Hervé Vallerand, François Lebargy, Claire Launois, Johanna Pradelli, Jonathan Benzaquen, Matthieu Buscot, Celine Sanfiorenzo, Sylvia Korzeniewski, Andrea Mazzetta, Jennifer Griffonnet, Ariane Guillemart, Demosthenes Makris, Christine Dombret, Frédérique Servin, Marie Pierre Debray, Sophie Laroumagne, Fabienne Bregeon, Carine Gomez, Philippe Astoul, Nathalie Lesavre, Jean Pierre Mallet, Anne Sophie Gamez, Philippe Tarodo, Christophe Brousse, Clément Broissin, Yoann Thibout, Fabrice Di Palma, Frédéric Costes, Amandine Briault, François Arbib, Emilie Reymond, G. Ferrettti, Michele Porzio, Benjamin Renaud-Picard, Bénédicte Toublanc, Géraldine François, Luc Thiberville, Géraldine François, Luc Thiberville, Antoine Cuvelier, Samy Lachkar, Delphine Gras, Philippe Benoit, Annick Leclainche, Damien Jolly, François Fourrier, Eric Hachulla, Nicolas Roche, Daniel Dusser

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: The anti-proliferative and anti-inflammatory response of COPD airway smooth muscle cells to hydrogen sulfide

Mark M. Perry, Bernadett Tildy, Alberto Papi, Paolo Casolari, Gaetano Caramori, Karen Limbert Rempel, Andrew J. Halayko, Ian Adcock, Kian Fan Chung

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Arterial stiffness in adults with steady-state bronchiectasis: association with clinical indices and disease severity

Yong-hua Gao, Juan-juan Cui, Ling-yun Wang, Ke-qin Yin, Li Wang, Guo-jun Zhang, Shao-xia Liu

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Genetic analyses in a cohort of 191 pulmonary arterial hypertension patients

Hang Yang, Qixian Zeng, Yanyun Ma, Bingyang Liu, Qianlong Chen, Wenke Li, Changming Xiong, Zhou Zhou

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Association between oncogenic status and risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Feifei Dou, Huiqiao Li, Min Zhu, Lirong Liang, Yuan Zhang, Jiawen Yi, Yuhui Zhang

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Modelling the asthma phenotype: impact of cigarette smoke exposure

Maria G. Belvisi, Katie Baker, Nicole Malloy, Kristof Raemdonck, Bilel Dekkak, Michael Pieper, Anthony T. Nials, Mark A. Birrell

Open Access Research

Fibrocytes are increased in lung and peripheral blood of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

P. Heukels, J. A. C. van Hulst, M. van Nimwegen, C. E. Boorsma, B. N. Melgert, L. M. van den Toorn, K. A. T. Boomars, M. S. Wijsenbeek, H. Hoogsteden, J. H. von der Thüsen, R. W. Hendriks, M. Kool, B. van den Blink

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Regulation of fibroblast Fas expression by soluble and mechanical pro-fibrotic stimuli

Amos E. Dodi, Iyabode O. Ajayi, Christine Chang, Meghan Beard, Shanna L. Ashley, Steven K. Huang, Victor J. Thannickal, Daniel J. Tschumperlin, Thomas H. Sisson, Jeffrey C. Horowitz

Open Access Research

A candidate gene identification strategy utilizing mouse to human big-data mining: “3R-tenet” in COPD genetic research

Sangeetha Vishweswaraiah, Leema George, Natarajan Purushothaman, Koustav Ganguly

Open Access Research

Effects and molecular mechanisms of intrauterine infection/inflammation on lung development

Jiarong Pan, Canyang Zhan, Tianming Yuan, Weiyan Wang, Ying Shen, Yi Sun, Tai Wu, Weizhong Gu, Lihua Chen, Huimin Yu

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Metabolic reprogramming of the urea cycle pathway in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension rats induced by monocrotaline

Hai-Kuo Zheng, Jun-Han Zhao, Yi Yan, Tian-Yu Lian, Jue Ye, Xiao-Jian Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhi-Cheng Jing, Yang-Yang He, Ping Yang

Open Access Research

The aging lung: tissue telomere shortening in health and disease

Stephanie Everaerts, Elise J. Lammertyn, Dries S. Martens, Laurens J. De Sadeleer, Karen Maes, Aernoud A. van Batenburg, Roel Goldschmeding, Coline H. M. van Moorsel, Lieven J. Dupont, Wim A. Wuyts, Robin Vos, Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez, Naftali Kaminski, James C. Hogg, Wim Janssens, Geert M. Verleden, Tim S. Nawrot, Stijn E. Verleden, John E. McDonough, Bart M. Vanaudenaerde

Open Access Research

Knockdown of annexin A5 restores gefitinib sensitivity by promoting G2/M cell cycle arrest

Jian Zhou, Meijia Chang, Jing Li, Tao Fang, Jie Hu, Chunxue Bai

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Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor predicts mortality in exacerbated COPD

Nina S. Godtfredsen, Ditte V. Jørgensen, Kristoffer Marsaa, Charlotte S. Ulrik, Ove Andersen, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Line J. H. Rasmussen

Open Access Research

Hypoargininemia exacerbates airway hyperresponsiveness in a mouse model of asthma

Roy H. E. Cloots, Matthew E. Poynter, Els Terwindt, Wouter H. Lamers, S. Eleonore Köhler

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Association of serum bilirubin level with lung function decline: a Korean community-based cohort study

Ah Young Leem, Ha Yan Kim, Young Sam Kim, Moo Suk Park, Joon Chang, Ji Ye Jung

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Vascular inflammation and aortic stiffness: potential mechanisms of increased vascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Maude Talbot, Mélanie Hamel-Auger, Marie-Josée Beaulieu, Morgan Gazzola, Ariane Lechasseur, Sophie Aubin, Marie-Ève Paré, David Marsolais, Ynuk Bossé, Mathieu C. Morissette

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George Bardsley, Peter Daley-Yates, Amanda Baines, Rodger Kempsford, Mathew Williams, Tony Mallon, Irene Braithwaite, Kylie Riddell, Shashidhar Joshi, Philippe Bareille, Richard Beasley, James Fingleton

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