Pulmonary arterial hypertension is caused by narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs. Learn how it happens, including ...

Early diagnosis of COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, increases the quality of life of the patient and the efficacy of available treatments.

A recent study has revealed how Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) intensifies ulcerative colitis (UC), a debilitating inflammatory ...

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disease in which neutrophils play a central role. However ...

Beam Therapeutics announced positive initial data for BEAM-302 in the Phase I/II trial in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD).

Recent studies are, however, illustrating that three different mechanisms of airflow obstruction play a role in COPD pathogenesis. The first is the loss of support of the small airways in ...

When it first develops, emphysema, one of a group of lung diseases known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is usually asymptomatic. As the illness progresses, however, it causes ...

Cellular senescence contributes to the pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease. Using endothelial colony-forming-cells (ECFC), we have demonstrated ...

Introduction COPD is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory disease of the lungs and the third leading cause of death worldwide. The current knowledge of the pathophysiology of COPD is limited and novel ...

Chronic inflammation of the airways, lung parenchyma, and pulmonary vasculature is a hallmark of COPD, involving inflammatory cells such as neutrophils, macrophages, and T-lymphocytes in the disease’s ...