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Respiratory Research

Issue 1/2021

Content (323 Articles)

Open Access Metastasis Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Targeting MALAT1 and miRNA-181a-5p for the intervention of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

Yaling Liu, Xiaodong Wang, Peiying Li, Yanhua Zhao, Liqun Yang, Weifeng Yu, Hong Xie

Obesity Research

Visceral adiposity index is associated with lung function impairment: a population-based study

Sunyue He, Jie Yang, Xiaoyong Li, Hongxia Gu, Qing Su, Li Qin

Open Access NSCLC Research

Mutation profile of non-small cell lung cancer revealed by next generation sequencing

Ya-Sian Chang, Siang-Jyun Tu, Yu-Chia Chen, Ting-Yuan Liu, Ya-Ting Lee, Ju-Chen Yen, Hsin-Yuan Fang, Jan-Gowth Chang

Open Access Dyspnea Letter to the Editor

Happy hypoxemia, or blunted ventilation?

Josuel Ora, Paola Rogliani, Mario Dauri, Denis O’Donnell

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients with severe physiologic impairment: characteristics and outcomes

Jean Pastre, Scott Barnett, Inga Ksovreli, Jeannie Taylor, A. Whitney Brown, Oksana A. Shlobin, Kareem Ahmad, Vikramjit Khangoora, Shambhu Aryal, Christopher S. King, Steven D. Nathan

Open Access Expectoration Research

Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a risk factor for sputum production in the general population: the Nagahama study

Chie Morimoto, Hisako Matsumoto, Tadao Nagasaki, Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Yumi Ishiyama, Hironobu Sunadome, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Isao Ito, Kimihiko Murase, Takahisa Kawaguchi, Yasuharu Tabara, Akio Niimi, Shigeo Muro, Fumihiko Matsuda, Kazuo Chin, Toyohiro Hirai

Outcomes associated with comorbid diabetes among patients with COPD exacerbation: findings from the ACURE registry

Xihua Mao, Chen Liang, Hongtao Niu, Fen Dong, Ke Huang, Yahong Chen, Kewu Huang, Qingyuan Zhan, Yaowen Zhang, Yin Huang, Ting Yang, Chen Wang

Open Access Pulmonary Hypertension Research

Resistin-like molecule β acts as a mitogenic factor in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension via the Ca2+-dependent PI3K/Akt/mTOR and PKC/MAPK signaling pathways

Heshen Tian, Lei Liu, Ying Wu, Ruiwen Wang, Yongliang Jiang, Ruicheng Hu, Liming Zhu, Linwei Li, Yanyan Fang, Chulan Yang, Lianzhi Ji, Guoyu Liu, Aiguo Dai

Open Access Expectoration Research

Sputum ACE2, TMPRSS2 and FURIN gene expression in severe neutrophilic asthma

Nazanin Zounemat Kermani, Woo-Jung Song, Yusef Badi, Ali Versi, Yike Guo, Kai Sun, Pank Bhavsar, Peter Howarth, Sven-Erik Dahlen, Peter J. Sterk, Ratko Djukanovic, Ian M. Adcock, Kian Fan Chung, Uruj Hoda, Christos Rossios, Elisabeth Bel, Navin Rao, David Myles, Chris Compton, Marleen Van Geest, Peter Howarth, Graham Roberts, Diane Lefaudeux, Bertrand De Meulder, Aruna T. Bansal, Richard Knowles, Damijn Erzen, Scott Wagers, Norbert Krug, Tim Higenbottam, John Matthews, Veit Erpenbeek, Leon Carayannopoulos, Amanda Roberts, David Supple, Pim deBoer, Massimo Caruso, Pascal Chanez, Sven-Erik Dahlen, Ildikó Horváth, Nobert Krug, Jacek Musial, Thomas Sandström

Open Access Antibiotic Research

Antibiotic treatment in acute exacerbation of COPD: patient outcomes with amoxicillin vs. amoxicillin/clavulanic acid—data from 43,636 outpatients

Kristian Bagge, Pradeesh Sivapalan, Josefin Eklöf, Frederik Böetius Hertz, Christian Østergaard Andersen, Ejvind Frausing Hansen, Jens Otto Jarløv, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen

Open Access Hypoxemia Letter to the Editor

Conceptions of the pathophysiology of happy hypoxemia in COVID-19

Sebastiaan Dhont, Eric Derom, Eva Van Braeckel, Pieter Depuydt, Bart N. Lambrecht

Ruling out COVID-19 by chest CT at emergency admission when prevalence is low: the prospective, observational SCOUT study

Ulf Teichgräber, Amer Malouhi, Maja Ingwersen, Rotraud Neumann, Marina Reljic, Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer, Bettina Löffler, Wilhelm Behringer, Jan-Christoph Lewejohann, Andreas Stallmach, Philipp Reuken

Open Access Cytokines Research

The elastin peptide VGVAPG increases CD4+ T-cell IL-4 production in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Flora Lemaire, Sandra Audonnet, Jeanne-Marie Perotin, Pierre Gaudry, Sandra Dury, Julien Ancel, François Lebargy, Frank Antonicelli, Gaëtan Deslée, Richard Le Naour

Open Access Expectoration Research

Asthma in elderly is characterized by increased sputum neutrophils, lower airway caliber variability and air trapping

F. Schleich, S. Graff, F. Guissard, M. Henket, V. Paulus, R. Louis

Open Access Ritonavir Research

More skilled clinical management of COVID-19 patients modified mortality in an intermediate respiratory intensive care unit in Italy

Giovanna E. Carpagnano, Giovanni Migliore, Salvatore Grasso, Vito Procacci, Emanuela Resta, Francesco Panza, Onofrio Resta

Open Access Sleep Apnea Research

Mask side-effects in long-term CPAP-patients impact adherence and sleepiness: the InterfaceVent real-life study

Marie-Caroline Rotty, Carey M. Suehs, Jean-Pierre Mallet, Christian Martinez, Jean-Christian Borel, Claudio Rabec, Fanny Bertelli, Arnaud Bourdin, Nicolas Molinari, Dany Jaffuel

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

The product of trunk muscle area and density on the CT image is a good indicator of energy expenditure in patients with or at risk for COPD

Toru Shirahata, Hideaki Sato, Sanehiro Yogi, Kaiji Inoue, Mamoru Niitsu, Tomoe Akagami, Machika Soma, Tomohiko Mio, Makoto Nagata, Satoshi Nakae, Yuki Nishida, Shigeho Tanaka, Fuminori Katsukawa, Hidetoshi Nakamura

Open Access Nutrition Research

Dietary phenotype and advanced glycation end-products predict WTC-obstructive airways disease: a longitudinal observational study

Rachel Lam, Sophia Kwon, Jessica Riggs, Maria Sunseri, George Crowley, Theresa Schwartz, Rachel Zeig-Owens, Hilary Colbeth, Allison Halpren, Mengling Liu, David J. Prezant, Anna Nolan

Open Access Bronchoscopy Research

Surfactant therapy for COVID-19 related ARDS: a retrospective case–control pilot study

Simone Piva, Robert M. DiBlasi, April E. Slee, Alan H. Jobe, Aldo M. Roccaro, Matteo Filippini, Nicola Latronico, Michele Bertoni, John C. Marshall, Michael A. Portman

Resveratrol attenuates cigarette smoke induced endothelial apoptosis by activating Notch1 signaling mediated autophagy

Dan-dan Zong, Xiang-ming Liu, Jin-hua Li, Ruo-yun Ouyang, Ying-jiao Long, Ping Chen, Yan Chen

Open Access Tuberculosis Research

Gene expression pattern analysis using dual-color RT-MLPA and integrative genome-wide association studies of eQTL for tuberculosis suscepitibility

Jing-Wen Ai, Hanyue Zhang, Zumo Zhou, Shanshan Weng, Heqing Huang, Sen Wang, Lingyun Shao, Yan Gao, Jing Wu, Qiaoling Ruan, Feifei Wang, Ning Jiang, Jiazhen Chen, Wenhong Zhang

Open Access Antibiotic Letter to the Editor

Plasma microbial cell-free DNA load is associated with mortality in patients with COVID-19

Georgios D. Kitsios, William Bain, Nameer Al-Yousif, Radha Duttagupta, Asim A. Ahmed, Bryan J. McVerry, Alison Morris

Withdrawal of inhaled corticosteroids versus continuation of triple therapy in patients with COPD in real life: observational comparative effectiveness study

Helgo Magnussen, Sarah Lucas, Therese Lapperre, Jennifer K. Quint, Ronald J. Dandurand, Nicolas Roche, Alberto Papi, David Price, Marc Miravitlles

Open Access Research

Potential interactions between the TBX4-FGF10 and SHH-FOXF1 signaling during human lung development revealed using ChIP-seq

Justyna A. Karolak, Tomasz Gambin, Przemyslaw Szafranski, Paweł Stankiewicz

Open Access Pulmonary Hypertension Research

Peripheral microangiopathy in precapillary pulmonary hypertension: a nailfold video capillaroscopy prospective study

Alexandra Arvanitaki, George Giannakoulas, Eva Triantafyllidou, Christos Feloukidis, Afroditi K. Boutou, Alexandros Garyfallos, Haralambos Karvounis, Theodoros Dimitroulas

Open Access Pulmonary Hypertension Research

Risk assessment in precapillary pulmonary hypertension: a comparative analysis

Thomas Sonnweber, Eva-Maria Schneider, Manfred Nairz, Igor Theurl, Günter Weiss, Piotr Tymoszuk, Judith Löffler-Ragg

Open Access Glucocorticoid Letter to the Editor

Post-discharge critical COVID-19 lung function related to severity of radiologic lung involvement at admission

Laurent Truffaut, Lucas Demey, Anne Violette Bruyneel, Alain Roman, Stephane Alard, Nathalie De Vos, Marie Bruyneel

Open Access COPD Exacerbation Research

Inhaled high molecular weight hyaluronan ameliorates respiratory failure in acute COPD exacerbation: a pilot study

Flavia Galdi, Claudio Pedone, Christopher A. McGee, Margaret George, Annette B. Rice, Shah S. Hussain, Kadambari Vijaykumar, Evan R. Boitet, Guillermo J. Tearney, John A. McGrath, Audrey R. Brown, Steven M. Rowe, Raffaele A. Incalzi, Stavros Garantziotis

Open Access Rhinosinusitis Research

Bitter taste receptor agonists regulate epithelial two-pore potassium channels via cAMP signaling

Michael A. Kohanski, Lauren Brown, Melissa Orr, Li Hui Tan, Nithin D. Adappa, James N. Palmer, Ronald C. Rubenstein, Noam A. Cohen

Open Access Autopsy Research

Tracking the time course of pathological patterns of lung injury in severe COVID-19

Thais Mauad, Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Ellen Pierre de Oliveira, Jose Mara de Brito, Ellen Caroline Toledo do Nascimento, Renata Aparecida de Almeida Monteiro, Juliana Carvalho Ferreira, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Carvalho, Paulo Hilário do Nascimento Saldiva, Marisa Dolhnikoff

Open Access Pharmacokinetics Research

Temporarily switching from oral to intravenous selexipag in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic results from an open-label, phase III study

Hans Klose, Kelly M. Chin, Ralf Ewert, Henning Gall, Joseph Parambil, David Poch, Hans-Jürgen Seyfarth, Lene N. Axelsen, Shu-Fang Hsu Schmitz, Claudia Stein, Ioana R. Preston

Open Access Vaccination Research

Impact of Haemophilus influenzae type b combination vaccination on asthma symptoms and pneumonia in 5-year-old children in rural Bangladesh: a longitudinal study and comparison with a previous cross-sectional study

Haruko Takeuchi, S. M. Tafsir Hasan, Khalequ Zaman, Sayaka Takanashi, Samar Kumar Hore, Sultana Yeasmin, Shaikh Meshbahuddin Ahmad, Md Jahangir Alam, Masamine Jimba, Tsutomu Iwata, Md Alfazal Khan

COPD Clinical Control: predictors and long-term follow-up of the CHAIN cohort

Myriam Calle Rubio, Juan Luis Rodriguez Hermosa, Juan P. de Torres, José María Marín, Cristina Martínez-González, Antonia Fuster, Borja G. Cosío, Germán Peces-Barba, Ingrid Solanes, Nuria Feu-Collado, Jose Luis Lopez-Campos, Ciro Casanova

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Preexisting respiratory diseases and clinical outcomes in COVID-19: a multihospital cohort study on predominantly African American population

Prateek Lohia, Kalyan Sreeram, Paul Nguyen, Anita Choudhary, Suman Khicher, Hossein Yarandi, Shweta Kapur, M. Safwan Badr

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Commentary

Can biomarkers of extracellular matrix remodelling and wound healing be used to identify high risk patients infected with SARS-CoV-2?: lessons learned from pulmonary fibrosis

D. J. Leeming, F. Genovese, J. M. B. Sand, D. G. K. Rasmussen, C. Christiansen, G. Jenkins, T. M. Maher, J. Vestbo, M. A. Karsdal

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Baseline characteristics and survival of patients of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a longitudinal analysis of the Swedish IPF Registry

Jing Gao, Dimitrios Kalafatis, Lisa Carlson, Ida H. A. Pesonen, Chuan-Xing Li, Åsa Wheelock, Jesper M. Magnusson, C. Magnus Sköld

Open Access Allergic Rhinitis Research

Breastfeeding duration modified the effects of neonatal and familial risk factors on childhood asthma and allergy: a population-based study

Yabin Hu, Yiting Chen, Shijian Liu, Fan Jiang, Meiqin Wu, Chonghuai Yan, Jianguo Tan, Guangjun Yu, Yi Hu, Yong Yin, Jiajie Qu, Shenghui Li, Shilu Tong

Open Access Cytokines Research

Role of CXCL16 in BLM-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition in human A549 cells

Zhenzhen Ma, Chunyan Ma, Qingfeng Zhang, Yang Bai, Kun Mu, Xiangyuan Liu, Qingrui Yang

S100A9 blockade prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced lung injury via suppressing the NLRP3 pathway

Boying Zhao, Renfu Lu, Jianjun Chen, Ming Xie, Xingji Zhao, Lingwen Kong

Mites Research

GITRL on dendritic cells aggravates house dust mite-induced airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness by modulating CD4+ T cell differentiation

Yaping Wang, Kou Liao, Bo Liu, Chao Niu, Wenjing Zou, Lili Yang, Ting Wang, Daiyin Tian, Zhengxiu Luo, Jihong Dai, Qubei Li, Enmei Liu, Caihui Gong, Zhou Fu, Ying Li, Fengxia Ding

Open Access Expectoration Correction

Correction to: Sputum ACE2, TMPRSS2 and FURIN gene expression in severe neutrophilic asthma

Nazanin Zounemat Kermani, Woo-Jung Song, Yusef Badi, Ali Versi, Yike Guo, Kai Sun, Pank Bhavsar, Peter Howarth, Sven-Erik Dahlen, Peter J. Sterk, Ratko Djukanovic, Ian M. Adcock, Kian Fan Chung, Uruj Hoda, Christos Rossios, Elisabeth Bel, Navin Rao, David Myles, Chris Compton, Marleen Van Geest, Peter Howarth, Graham Roberts, Diane Lefaudeux, Bertrand De Meulder, Aruna T. Bansal, Richard Knowles, Damijn Erzen, Scott Wagers, Norbert Krug, Tim Higenbottam, John Matthews, Veit Erpenbeek, Leon Carayannopoulos, Amanda Roberts, David Supple, Pim deBoer, Massimo Caruso, Pascal Chanez, Sven-Erik Dahlen, Ildikó Horváth, Nobert Krug, Jacek Musial, Thomas Sandström

The novel TRPA1 antagonist BI01305834 inhibits ovalbumin-induced bronchoconstriction in guinea pigs

Mariska P. M. van den Berg, Susan Nijboer-Brinksma, I. Sophie T. Bos, Maarten van den Berge, David Lamb, Martijn van Faassen, Ido P. Kema, Reinoud Gosens, Loes E. M. Kistemaker

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome-2 alters mitochondrial homeostasis in the alveolar epithelium of the lung

Karina Cuevas-Mora, Willy Roque, Hoora Shaghaghi, Bernadette R. Gochuico, Ivan O. Rosas, Ross Summer, Freddy Romero

Open Access Influenza Vaccination Letter to the Editor

Does pulmonary subspecialty referral from primary care affect the adherence to vaccination recommendations in COPD patients?

Solmaz Ehteshami-Afshar, Kristina Crothers, Benjamin Rodwin, Brett Bade, Cynthia Brandt, Kathleen M. Akgün

Open Access Dexamethasone Research

AITC inhibits fibroblast-myofibroblast transition via TRPA1-independent MAPK and NRF2/HO-1 pathways and reverses corticosteroids insensitivity in human lung fibroblasts

Jennifer Maries Go Yap, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Norihisa Takeda, Kensuke Fukumitsu, Satoshi Fukuda, Takehiro Uemura, Tomoko Tajiri, Hirotsugu Ohkubo, Ken Maeno, Yutaka Ito, Testsuya Oguri, Shinya Ugawa, Akio Niimi

Open Access Research

Qi-Long-Tian formula extract alleviates symptoms of acute high-altitude diseases via suppressing the inflammation responses in rat

Xing Fu, Chunyan Yang, Bing Chen, Kexing Zeng, Siyuan Chen, Yi Fu

The role of viral and bacterial infections in the pathogenesis of IPF: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Shayan Mostafaei, Babak Sayad, Maryam Ebadi Fard Azar, Mohammad Doroudian, Shima Hadifar, Ava Behrouzi, Parisa Riahi, Bashdar Mahmud Hussen, Bahareh Bayat, Javid Sadri Nahand, Mohsen Moghoofei

Open Access COPD Exacerbation Research

COPD patients prescribed inhaled corticosteroid in primary care: time for re-assessment based on exacerbation rate and blood eosinophils?

Osman Savran, Nina Godtfredsen, Torben Sørensen, Christian Jensen, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik

Telomere length dynamics over 10-years and related outcomes in patients with COPD

E. Córdoba-Lanús, S. Cazorla-Rivero, M. A. García-Bello, D. Mayato, F. Gonzalvo, J. Ayra-Plasencia, B. Celli, C. Casanova

Open Access Research

MicroRNA 219-5p inhibits alveolarization by reducing platelet derived growth factor receptor-alpha

Amelia Freeman, Luhua Qiao, Nelida Olave, Gabriel Rezonzew, Samuel Gentle, Brian Halloran, Gloria S. Pryhuber, Amit Gaggar, Trent E. Tipple, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Charitharth Vivek Lal

Open Access Sleep Apnea Research

Chronic intermittent hypoxia promoted lung cancer stem cell-like properties via enhancing Bach1 expression

Shengyu Hao, Xiaodan Zhu, Zilong Liu, Xiaodan Wu, Shanqun Li, Pan Jiang, Liyan Jiang

Open Access Research

The association between hospital length of stay before rapid response system activation and clinical outcomes: a retrospective multicenter cohort study

Jimyung Park, Yeon Joo Lee, Sang-Bum Hong, Kyeongman Jeon, Jae Young Moon, Jung Soo Kim, Byung Ju Kang, Jong-Joon Ahn, Dong-Hyun Lee, Jisoo Park, Jae Hwa Cho, Sang-Min Lee

Open Access Neurotomy Research

Safety of denervation following targeted lung denervation therapy for COPD: AIRFLOW-1 3-year outcomes

Christophe Pison, Pallav L. Shah, Dirk-Jan Slebos, Vincent Ninane, Wim Janssens, Thierry Perez, Romain Kessler, Gaetan Deslee, Justin L. Garner, Jorine E. Hartman, Bruno Degano, Anna Mayr, Martin Mayse, Alexander D. Peterson, Arschang Valipour

Mites Research

PGC-1α regulates airway epithelial barrier dysfunction induced by house dust mite

Tsutomu Saito, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Tadahisa Numakura, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Akira Koarai, Naoya Fujino, Koji Murakami, Shun Yamanaka, Yusaku Sasaki, Yorihiko Kyogoku, Koji Itakura, Hirohito Sano, Katsuya Takita, Rie Tanaka, Tsutomu Tamada, Masakazu Ichinose, Hisatoshi Sugiura

Open Access Propranolol Review

Beta-blocker therapy in patients with COPD: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis with multiple treatment comparison

Claudia Gulea, Rosita Zakeri, Vanessa Alderman, Alexander Morgan, Jack Ross, Jennifer K. Quint

Olodaterol exerts anti-inflammatory effects on COPD airway epithelial cells

Nan Yang, Gurpreet K. Singhera, Yi Xuan Yan, Michael P. Pieper, Janice M. Leung, Don D. Sin, Delbert R. Dorscheid

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Clinical course of IPF in Italian patients during 12 months of observation: results from the FIBRONET observational study

V. Poletti, C. Vancheri, C. Albera, S. Harari, A. Pesci, R. R. Metella, B. Campolo, G. Crespi, S. Rizzoli, C. Vancheri, S. Tomassetti, S. Harari, A. Pesci, C. Albera, P. Rottoli, M. Bocchino, A. A. Stanziola, F. Luppi, A. Sebastiani, D. Lacedonia, P. Vitulo, L. Tavanti, A. Vianello, M. Saetta, S. Marinari, P. Pirina, S. Valente, T. Oggionni, S. Gasparini

Open Access Dyspnea Research

Impulse oscillometry for detection of small airway dysfunction in subjects with chronic respiratory symptoms and preserved pulmonary function

Liang-Yuan Li, Tian-Sheng Yan, Jing Yang, Yu-Qi Li, Lin-Xi Fu, Lan Lan, Bin-Miao Liang, Mao-Yun Wang, Feng-Ming Luo

Open Access Cytokines Research

Lack of CD34 delays bacterial endotoxin-induced lung inflammation

Gurpreet K. Aulakh, Sushmita Maltare, Baljit Singh

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Metformin use and respiratory outcomes in asthma-COPD overlap

Tianshi David Wu, Ashraf Fawzy, Gregory L. Kinney, Jessica Bon, Maniraj Neupane, Vickram Tejwani, Nadia N. Hansel, Robert A. Wise, Nirupama Putcha, Meredith C. McCormack

Open Access Non-Invasive Ventilation Review

Aerosol drug delivery to spontaneously-breathing preterm neonates: lessons learned

Federico Bianco, Fabrizio Salomone, Ilaria Milesi, Xabier Murgia, Sauro Bonelli, Elena Pasini, Raffaele Dellacà, Maria Luisa Ventura, Jane Pillow

Open Access Chlamydophila Pneumoniae Research

Chronic infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae in asthma: a type-2 low infection related phenotype

Doriane Calmes, Pascale Huynen, Virginie Paulus, Monique Henket, Françoise Guissard, Catherine Moermans, Renaud Louis, Florence Schleich

Open Access SARS-CoV-2 Research

Characterization of hospital airborne SARS-CoV-2

Rebecca A. Stern, Petros Koutrakis, Marco A. G. Martins, Bernardo Lemos, Scot E. Dowd, Elsie M. Sunderland, Eric Garshick

Open Access Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Letter to the Editor

CiliOPD: a ciliopathy-associated COPD endotype

Jeanne-Marie Perotin, Myriam Polette, Gaëtan Deslée, Valérian Dormoy

Open Access Mites Research

IL-4Rα blockade reduces influenza-associated morbidity in a murine model of allergic asthma

Kimia Shahangian, David A. Ngan, H. H. Rachel Chen, Yeni Oh, Anthony Tam, Jing Wen, Chung Cheung, Darryl A. Knight, Delbert R. Dorscheid, Tillie L. Hackett, Michael R. Hughes, Kelly M. McNagny, Jeremy A. Hirota, Masahiro Niikura, S. F. Paul Man, Don D. Sin

Circulating Vitamin D levels status and clinical prognostic indices in COVID-19 patients

Alberto Ricci, Alessandra Pagliuca, Michela D’Ascanio, Marta Innammorato, Claudia De Vitis, Rita Mancini, Simonetta Giovagnoli, Francesco Facchiano, Bruno Sposato, Paolo Anibaldi, Adriano Marcolongo, Chiara De Dominicis, Andrea Laghi, Emanuele Muscogiuri, Salvatore Sciacchitano

Predictors of mortality in COPD exacerbation cases presenting to the respiratory intensive care unit

Yang Cao, Zhenzhen Xing, Huanyu Long, Yilin Huang, Ping Zeng, Jean-Paul Janssens, Yanfei Guo

Open Access Mites Correction

Correction to: PGC-1α regulates airway epithelial barrier dysfunction induced by house dust mite

Tsutomu Saito, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Tadahisa Numakura, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Akira Koarai, Naoya Fujino, Koji Murakami, Shun Yamanaka, Yusaku Sasaki, Yorihiko Kyogoku, Koji Itakura, Hirohito Sano, Katsuya Takita, Rie Tanaka, Tsutomu Tamada, Masakazu Ichinose, Hisatoshi Sugiura

Open Access Dyspnea Research

Efficacy of a long-term pulmonary rehabilitation maintenance program for COPD patients in a real-life setting: a 5-year cohort study

Léo Blervaque, Christian Préfaut, Hélène Forthin, Francis Maffre, Marion Bourrelier, Nelly Héraud, Matthias Catteau, Pascal Pomiès, Dany Jaffuel, Nicolas Molinari, Maurice Hayot, Fares Gouzi

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Exposure to PM2.5 is a risk factor for acute exacerbation of surgically diagnosed idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a case–control study

Masahiro Tahara, Yoshihisa Fujino, Kei Yamasaki, Keishi Oda, Takashi Kido, Noriho Sakamoto, Toshinori Kawanami, Kensuke Kataoka, Ryoko Egashira, Mikiko Hashisako, Yuzo Suzuki, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Hiroshi Mukae, Takafumi Suda, Kazuhiro Yatera

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Maternal high fat diet compromises survival and modulates lung development of offspring, and impairs lung function of dams (female mice)

Jordan Smoothy, Alexander N. Larcombe, Emily K. Chivers, Vance B. Matthews, Shelley Gorman

Open Access Vaccination Correction

Correction to: Does pulmonary subspecialty referral from primary care affect the adherence to vaccination recommendations in COPD patients?

Solmaz Ehteshami‑Afshar, Kristina Crothers, Benjamin Rodwin, Brett Bade, Cynthia Brandt, Kathleen M. Akgün

Open Access Neurotomy Correction

Correction to: Safety of denervation following targeted lung denervation therapy for COPD: AIRFLOW-1 3-year outcomes

Christophe Pison, Pallav L. Shah, Dirk‑Jan Slebos, Vincent Ninane, Wim Janssens, Thierry Perez, Romain Kessler, Gaetan Deslee, Justin L. Garner, Jorine E. Hartman, Bruno Degano, Anna Mayr, Martin Mayse, Alexander D. Peterson, Arschang Valipour

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Nintedanib and immunomodulatory therapies in progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases

Vincent Cottin, Luca Richeldi, Ivan Rosas, Maria Otaola, Jin Woo Song, Sara Tomassetti, Marlies Wijsenbeek, Manuela Schmitz, Carl Coeck, Susanne Stowasser, Rozsa Schlenker-Herceg, Martin Kolb

Open Access Research

Combined genomic and proteomic approaches reveal DNA binding sites and interaction partners of TBX2 in the developing lung

Timo H. Lüdtke, Irina Wojahn, Marc-Jens Kleppa, Jasper Schierstaedt, Vincent M. Christoffels, Patrick Künzler, Andreas Kispert

Enhanced lung inflammatory response in whole-body compared to nose-only cigarette smoke-exposed mice

Jef Serré, Ajime Tom Tanjeko, Carolien Mathyssen, An-Sofie Vanherwegen, Tobias Heigl, Rob Janssen, Eric Verbeken, Karen Maes, Bart Vanaudenaerde, Wim Janssens, Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez

Influence of government-driven quality assessment program on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Hye Jung Park, Sung-Ryeol Kim, Sinae Kim, Hye Sun Lee, Bo Yeon Kim, Hye Kyoung Kim, Sang In Ahn, Ji Hyeon Shin, Jae-Hyun Lee, Jung-Won Park

Open Access Care Research

The impact of the involvement of a healthcare professional on the usage of an eHealth platform: a retrospective observational COPD study

Cathelijne M. van Zelst, Marise J. Kasteleyn, Esther M. J. van Noort, Maureen P. M. H. Rutten - van Molken, Gert-Jan Braunstahl, Niels H. Chavannes, Johannes C. C. M. in ’t Veen

Open Access COPD Exacerbation Research

Efficacy and safety of single-inhaler extrafine triple therapy versus inhaled corticosteroid plus long-acting beta2 agonist in eastern Asian patients with COPD: the TRIVERSYTI randomised controlled trial

Jinping Zheng, Simonetta Baldi, Li Zhao, Huiping Li, Kwan-Ho Lee, Dave Singh, Alberto Papi, Frédérique Grapin, Alessandro Guasconi, George Georges

Educational aspects of rare and orphan lung diseases

Tiago M. Alfaro, Marlies S. Wijsenbeek, Pippa Powell, Daiana Stolz, John R. Hurst, Michael Kreuter, Catharina C. Moor

Open Access Obesity Research

Frequency and functional translation of low muscle mass in overweight and obese patients with COPD

Felipe V. C. Machado, Martijn A. Spruit, Miriam T. J. Groenen, Sarah Houben-Wilke, Paula P. van Melick, Nidia A. Hernandes, Annemie M. W. J. Schols, Fabio Pitta, Emiel F. M. Wouters, Frits M. E. Franssen

Open Access Liver Transplantation Research

Development and performance assessment of novel machine learning models to predict pneumonia after liver transplantation

Chaojin Chen, Dong Yang, Shilong Gao, Yihan Zhang, Liubing Chen, Bohan Wang, Zihan Mo, Yang Yang, Ziqing Hei, Shaoli Zhou

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Differences in airway lumen area between supine and upright computed tomography in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Shotaro Chubachi, Yoshitake Yamada, Minoru Yamada, Yoichi Yokoyama, Akiko Tanabe, Shiho Matsuoka, Yuki Niijima, Wakako Yamasawa, Hidehiro Irie, Mitsuru Murata, Koichi Fukunaga, Masahiro Jinzaki

Open Access Spirometry Letter to the Editor

Normal spirometry equates to normal impulse oscillometry in healthy subjects

Brian Lipworth, Rory Chan

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Prognostic role of MUC5B rs35705950 genotype in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) on antifibrotic treatment

Davide Biondini, Elisabetta Cocconcelli, Nicol Bernardinello, Giulia Lorenzoni, Chiara Rigobello, Sara Lococo, Gioele Castelli, Simonetta Baraldo, Manuel G. Cosio, Dario Gregori, Marina Saetta, Elisabetta Balestro, Paolo Spagnolo

Septicemia Research

Adhatoda Vasica attenuates inflammatory and hypoxic responses in preclinical mouse models: potential for repurposing in COVID-19-like conditions

Atish Gheware, Dhwani Dholakia, Sadasivam Kannan, Lipsa Panda, Ritu Rani, Bijay Ranjan Pattnaik, Vaibhav Jain, Yash Parekh, M. Ghalib Enayathullah, Kiran Kumar Bokara, Venkatesan Subramanian, Mitali Mukerji, Anurag Agrawal, Bhavana Prasher

Single cell RNA sequencing identifies IGFBP5 and QKI as ciliated epithelial cell genes associated with severe COPD

Xiuying Li, Guillaume Noell, Tracy Tabib, Alyssa D. Gregory, Humberto E. Trejo Bittar, Ravi Vats, Tomasz W. Kaminski, John Sembrat, Mark E. Snyder, Divay Chandra, Kong Chen, Chunbin Zou, Yingze Zhang, Prithu Sundd, John F. McDyer, Frank Sciurba, Mauricio Rojas, Robert Lafyatis, Steve D. Shapiro, Rosa Faner, Toru Nyunoya

Open Access Stem Cell Transplantation Research

Lung transplantation for late-onset non-infectious chronic pulmonary complications of allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant

Peter Riddell, Ram Vasudevan-Nampoothiri, Jin Ma, Lianne G. Singer, Jeff H. Lipton, Stephen C. Juvet

Open Access SARS-CoV-2 Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor: Vitamin D levels in acute illness and clinical severity in COVID-19 patients

Prateek Lohia, Shweta Kapur, Pragnesh Patel, Berhane Seyoum

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Trends in oral corticosteroids use in severe asthma: a 14-year population-based study

Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Amir Khakban, Hamid Tavakoli, Solmaz Ehteshami-Afshar, Larry D. Lynd, J. Mark FitzGerald

Open Access Research

Effects of elevated CO2 levels on lung immune response to organic dust and lipopolysaccharide

David Schneberger, Upkardeep Pandher, Brooke Thompson, Shelley Kirychuk

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

There is detectable variation in the lipidomic profile between stable and progressive patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)

Shabarinath Nambiar, Britt Clynick, Bong S. How, Adam King, E. Haydn Walters, Nicole S. Goh, Tamera J. Corte, Robert Trengove, Dino Tan, Yuben Moodley

Open Access Sinus Surgery Research

Longitudinal analysis of sinus microbiota post endoscopic surgery in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic rhinosinusitis: a pilot study

Brett Wagner Mackenzie, Camila Dassi, Anitha Vivekanandan, Melissa Zoing, Richard G. Douglas, Kristi Biswas

Open Access Sarcoidosis Letter to the Editor

Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in chronic beryllium disease

Björn C. Frye, Karoline I. Gaede, Cesare Saltini, Milton D. Rossman, Dimitri S. Monos, Ken D. Rosenman, Christine R. Schuler, Ainsley Weston, Ralf Wegner, Rainer Noth, Gernot Zissel, Stefan Schreiber, Michael Nothnagel, Joachim Müller-Quernheim

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Prevalence of overuse of short-acting beta-2 agonists (SABA) and associated factors among patients with asthma in Germany

Heinrich Worth, Carl-Peter Criée, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Peter Kardos, Eva-Maria Becker, Karel Kostev, Ingo Mokros, Andrea Schneider

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis beyond the lung: understanding disease mechanisms to improve diagnosis and management

Fabrizio Luppi, Meena Kalluri, Paola Faverio, Michael Kreuter, Giovanni Ferrara

Open Access Bronchitis Letter to the Editor

Mucus plugging on computed tomography and chronic bronchitis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Victor Kim, Wojciech R. Dolliver, Hrudaya P. Nath, Scott A. Grumley, Nina Terry, Asmaa Ahmed, Andrew Yen, Kathleen Jacobs, Seth Kligerman, Alejandro A. Diaz, James D. Crapo, Edwin K. Silverman, Barry J. Make, Elizabeth A. Regan, Terri Beaty, Ferdouse Begum, Peter J. Castaldi, Michael Cho, Dawn L. DeMeo, Adel R. Boueiz, Marilyn G. Foreman, Eitan Halper-Stromberg, Lystra P. Hayden, Craig P. Hersh, Jacqueline Hetmanski, Brian D. Hobbs, John E. Hokanson, Nan Laird, Christoph Lange, Sharon M. Lutz, Merry-Lynn McDonald, Margaret M. Parker, Dmitry Prokopenko, Dandi Qiao, Elizabeth A. Regan, Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat, Edwin K. Silverman, Emily S. Wan, Sungho Won, Juan Pablo Centeno, Jean-Paul Charbonnier, Harvey O. Coxson, Craig J. Galban, MeiLan K. Han, Eric A. Hoffman, Stephen Humphries, Francine L. Jacobson, Philip F. Judy, Ella A. Kazerooni, Alex Kluiber, David A. Lynch, Pietro Nardelli, John D. Newell Jr., Aleena Notary, Andrea Oh, Elizabeth A. Regan, James C. Ross, Raul San Jose Estepar, Joyce Schroeder, Jered Sieren, Berend C. Stoel, Juerg Tschirren, Edwin Van Beek, Bram van Ginneken, Eva van Rikxoort, Gonzalo Vegas Sanchez-Ferrero, Lucas Veitel, George R. Washko, Carla G. Wilson, Robert Jensen, Douglas Everett, Jim Crooks, Katherine Pratte, Matt Strand, Carla G. Wilson, John E. Hokanson, Gregory Kinney, Sharon M. Lutz, Kendra A. Young, Surya P. Bhatt, Jessica Bon, Alejandro A. Diaz, MeiLan K. Han, Barry Make, Susan Murray, Elizabeth Regan, Xavier Soler, Carla G. Wilson, Russell P. Bowler, Katerina Kechris, Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Perry G. Pernicano, Nicola Hanania, Mustafa Atik, Aladin Boriek, Kalpatha Guntupalli, Elizabeth Guy, Amit Parulekar, Dawn L. DeMeo, Alejandro A. Diaz, Lystra P. Hayden, Brian D. Hobbs, Craig Hersh, Francine L. Jacobson, George Washko, R. Graham Barr, John Austin, Belinda D’Souza, Byron Thomashow, Neil MacIntyre Jr., H. Page McAdams, Lacey Washington, Eric Flenaugh, Silanth Terpenning, Charlene McEvoy, Joseph Tashjian, Robert Wise, Robert Brown, Nadia N. Hansel, Karen Horton, Allison Lambert, Nirupama Putcha, Richard Casaburi, Alessandra Adami, Matthew Budoff, Hans Fischer, Janos Porszasz, Harry Rossiter, William Stringer, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Charlie Lan, Christine Wendt, Brian Bell, Ken M. Kunisaki, Russell Bowler, David A. Lynch, Richard Rosiello, David Pace, Gerard Criner, David Ciccolella, Francis Cordova, Chandra Dass, Gilbert D’Alonzo, Parag Desai, Michael Jacobs, Steven Kelsen, Victor Kim, A. James Mamary, Nathaniel Marchetti, Aditi Satti, Kartik Shenoy, Robert M. Steiner, Alex Swift, Irene Swift, Maria Elena Vega-Sanchez, Mark Dransfield, William Bailey, Surya P. Bhatt, Anand Iyer, Hrudaya Nath, J. Michael Wells, Douglas Conrad, Xavier Soler, Andrew Yen, Alejandro P. Comellas, Karin F. Hoth, John Newell Jr., Brad Thompson, MeiLan K. Han, Ella Kazerooni, Wassim Labaki, Craig Galban, Dharshan Vummidi, Joanne Billings, Abbie Begnaud, Tadashi Allen, Frank Sciurba, Jessica Bon, Divay Chandra, Carl Fuhrman, Joel Weissfeld, Antonio Anzueto, Sandra Adams, Diego Maselli-Caceres, Mario E. Ruiz, Harjinder Singh

Open Access Spirometry Letter to the Editor

Response to “Normal spirometry equates to normal impulse oscillometry in healthy subjects”

Liang-Yuan Li, Tian-Sheng Yan, Jing Yang, Yu-Qi Li, Lin-Xi Fu, Lan Lan, Bin-Miao Liang, Mao-Yun Wang, Feng-Ming Luo

Long-term cigarette smoke exposure dysregulates pulmonary T cell response and IFN-γ protection to influenza virus in mouse

Wenxin Wu, Lili Tian, Wei Zhang, J. Leland Booth, Erola Ainsua-Enrich, Susan Kovats, Brent R. Brown, Jordan P. Metcalf

Open Access Expectoration Research

Defective monocyte-derived macrophage phagocytosis is associated with exacerbation frequency in COPD

R. Singh, K. B. R. Belchamber, P. S. Fenwick, K. Chana, G. Donaldson, J. A. Wedzicha, P. J. Barnes, L. E. Donnelly

Open Access Sleep Apnea Research

Copeptin, pro-atrial natriuretic peptide and pro-adrenomedullin as markers of hypoxic stress in patients with obstructive sleep apnea—a prospective intervention study

Meropi Karakioulaki, Peter Grendelmeier, Werner Strobel, Thomas Schmid, Kathleen Jahn, Leticia Grize, Michael Tamm, Daiana Stolz

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Research

Impact of bronchoalveolar lavage lymphocytosis on the effects of anti-inflammatory therapy in idiopathic non-specific interstitial pneumonia, idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis, and unclassifiable idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Akira Yamagata, Machiko Arita, Hiromasa Tachibana, Fumiaki Tokioka, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Hiromitsu Sumikawa, Tomonori Tanaka, Hideki Yasui, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Yutaro Nakamura, Takafumi Suda, Tadashi Ishida

Open Access Dyspnea Research

Patient-reported dyspnea and health predict waitlist mortality in patients waiting for lung transplantation in Japan

Masaki Ikeda, Toru Oga, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Junko Tokuno, Takahiro Oto, Tomoyo Okawa, Yoshinori Okada, Miki Akiba, Satona Tanaka, Yoshito Yamada, Yojiro Yutaka, Akihiro Ohsumi, Daisuke Nakajima, Masatsugu Hamaji, Maki Isomi, Kazuo Chin, Hiroshi Date

Open Access Sleep Apnea Research

Dysphagia symptoms in obstructive sleep apnea: prevalence and clinical correlates

Nicole Pizzorni, Dejan Radovanovic, Marica Pecis, Rosaria Lorusso, Federica Annoni, Alice Bartorelli, Maurizio Rizzi, Antonio Schindler, Pierachille Santus

Open Access Research

Divergent airway microbiomes in lung transplant recipients with or without pulmonary infection

Lisa I. Påhlman, Lokeshwaran Manoharan, Anna Stjärne Aspelund

SARS-CoV-2 serology increases diagnostic accuracy in CT-suspected, PCR-negative COVID-19 patients during pandemic

Jochen Schneider, Hrvoje Mijočević, Kurt Ulm, Bernhard Ulm, Simon Weidlich, Silvia Würstle, Kathrin Rothe, Matthias Treiber, Roman Iakoubov, Ulrich Mayr, Tobias Lahmer, Sebastian Rasch, Alexander Herner, Egon Burian, Fabian Lohöfer, Rickmer Braren, Marcus R. Makowski, Roland M. Schmid, Ulrike Protzer, Christoph Spinner, Fabian Geisler

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Research

Performance of a diagnostic algorithm for fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. A case–control study

Sabina A. Guler, Eva Wohlfarth, Sabina Berezowska, Thomas K. Geiser, Lukas Ebner, Manuela Funke-Chambour

Open Access Pulmonary Hypertension Research

The role of RNA m6A methylation in the regulation of postnatal hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension

Shanshan Xu, Xuefeng Xu, Ziming Zhang, Lingling Yan, Liyan Zhang, Lizhong Du

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Single-cell characterization of a model of poly I:C-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells in severe asthma

Ailu Chen, Maria P. Diaz-Soto, Miguel F. Sanmamed, Taylor Adams, Jonas C. Schupp, Amolika Gupta, Clemente Britto, Maor Sauler, Xiting Yan, Qing Liu, Gustavo Nino, Charles S. Dela Cruz, Geoffrey L. Chupp, Jose L. Gomez

Open Access Dyspnea Research

Portable NIV for patients with moderate to severe COPD: two randomized crossover trials

Daniel Sebastian Majorski, Friederike Sophie Magnet, Saadia Thilemann, Claudia Schmoor, Wolfram Windisch, Sarah Bettina Schwarz

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Practical application and validation of the 2018 ATS/ERS/JRS/ALAT and Fleischner Society guidelines for the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Angela R. Shih, Chayanin Nitiwarangkul, Brent P. Little, Benjamin W. Roop, Sreyankar Nandy, Margit V. Szabari, Nathaniel Mercaldo, Sarah Mercaldo, Sydney B. Montesi, Ashok Muniappan, Sarita R. Berigei, David A. Lynch, Amita Sharma, Lida P. Hariri

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Efficacy and safety of nintedanib in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who are elderly or have comorbidities

Ian Glaspole, Francesco Bonella, Elena Bargagli, Marilyn K. Glassberg, Fabian Caro, Wibke Stansen, Manuel Quaresma, Leticia Orsatti, Elisabeth Bendstrup

Association of plasma mitochondrial DNA with COPD severity and progression in the SPIROMICS cohort

William Z. Zhang, Katherine L. Hoffman, Kristen T. Schiffer, Clara Oromendia, Michelle C. Rice, Igor Barjaktarevic, Stephen P. Peters, Nirupama Putcha, Russell P. Bowler, J. Michael Wells, David J. Couper, Wassim W. Labaki, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Meilan K. Han, Robert Paine III, Prescott G. Woodruff, Gerard J. Criner, Nadia N. Hansel, Ivan Diaz, Karla V. Ballman, Kiichi Nakahira, Mary E. Choi, Fernando J. Martinez, Augustine M. K. Choi, Suzanne M. Cloonan

Soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE) as a biomarker of COPD

Katherine A. Pratte, Jeffrey L. Curtis, Katerina Kechris, David Couper, Michael H. Cho, Edwin K. Silverman, Dawn L. DeMeo, Frank C. Sciurba, Yingze Zhang, Victor E. Ortega, Wanda K. O’Neal, Lucas A. Gillenwater, David A. Lynch, Eric A. Hoffman, John D. Newell Jr, Alejandro P. Comellas, Peter J. Castaldi, Bruce E. Miller, Simon D. Pouwels, Nick H. T. ten Hacken, Rainer Bischoff, Frank Klont, Prescott G. Woodruff, Robert Paine, R. Graham Barr, John Hoidal, Claire M. Doerschuk, Jean-Paul Charbonnier, Ruby Sung, Nicholas Locantore, John G. Yonchuk, Sean Jacobson, Ruth Tal-singer, Debbie Merrill, Russell P. Bowler

Open Access Research

Effect of ambient fine particulates (PM2.5) on hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Wuhan, China

Zhan Ren, Xingyuan Liu, Tianyu Liu, Dieyi Chen, Kuizhuang Jiao, Xiaodie Wang, Jingdong Suo, Haomin Yang, Jingling Liao, Lu Ma

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Tropomyosin 2.1 collaborates with fibronectin to promote TGF-β1-induced contraction of human lung fibroblasts

Peta Bradbury, Cassandra P. Nader, Aylin Cidem, Sandra Rutting, Dianne Sylvester, Patrick He, Maria C. Rezcallah, Geraldine M. O’Neill, Alaina J. Ammit

Open Access Umeclidinium Research

InforMing the PAthway of COPD Treatment (IMPACT) trial: fibrinogen levels predict risk of moderate or severe exacerbations

Dave Singh, Gerard J. Criner, Mark T. Dransfield, David M. G. Halpin, MeiLan K. Han, Peter Lange, Sally Lettis, David A. Lipson, David Mannino, Neil Martin, Fernando J. Martinez, Bruce E. Miller, Robert Wise, Chang-Qing Zhu, David Lomas

Open Access Tracheostomy Research

Prediction of successful de-cannulation of tracheostomised patients in medical intensive care units

Chul Park, Ryoung-Eun Ko, Jinhee Jung, Soo Jin Na, Kyeongman Jeon

Open Access Bronchiectasis Research

Risk factors for Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis and clinical implications

Wang Chun Kwok, James Chung Man Ho, Terence Chi Chun Tam, Mary Sau Man Ip, David Chi Leung Lam

Nutritional immunity: the impact of metals on lung immune cells and the airway microbiome during chronic respiratory disease

Claire Healy, Natalia Munoz-Wolf, Janné Strydom, Lynne Faherty, Niamh C. Williams, Sarah Kenny, Seamas C. Donnelly, Suzanne M. Cloonan

Open Access Pulmonary Hypertension Research

The alveolar epithelial cells are involved in pulmonary vascular remodeling and constriction of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

Yanxia Wang, Xiaoming Li, Wen Niu, Jian Chen, Bo Zhang, Xiumin Zhang, Yingmei Wang, Shaokang Dang, Zhichao Li

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

FASE-CPHG Study: identification of asthma phenotypes in the French Severe Asthma Study using cluster analysis

Chantal Raherison-Semjen, Eric Parrat, Cécilia Nocent-Eijnani, Gilles Mangiapan, Anne Prudhomme, Jean-Philippe Oster, Corinne Aperre de Vecchi, Cyril Maurer, Didier Debieuvre, Laurent Portel, Appere De Vecchi, Maurer, Lepoulain Doubliez, Iamandi, Gourcerol, Didi, Decroisette, Bertocchi, Moreau, Barbare, Moncelly, Tannous, Kelkel, Rolland, Jouveshomme, Bernier, Hauss, Ould, Vincent, Van Mossevelde, Gallego, Merzoug, Haddad, Allibe, Guerrero, Jarjour, Haouachi, Goutorbe, Morel, Lemaire, Russier, Roge, Dumont, Cavestri, Just, Colin, Goupil, Mansour, Paris, Philippe, Boitiaux, Simon, Marcq, Bizieux, Guibert, Caby, Lecuyer, Merlusca, Roy, Blanc, Langelot, Tagu, Leveiller, Duriel-Niel, Coëtmeur, Ilie, Raspopa, Courdeau-Labourie, Demaegdt, Lerousseau, Rotomondo, Gramada, Cornu, Petit, Kraemer, Huy, Gentil, Luciani, Lucena, Michaux, Maitre, De Faverges, Fouret, Goarant, Bara, Hamoudi, Maetz, Yousef, Lungoci, Al Freijat, Assemi, Beysens, Clarissou, Karimo, Saadi, Barre, Farny, Romand, Leleu, Bernard, Marangoni, Fevrier, Paillot, Bonnefoy, Manoila, Abraham, Lacroix, Virally

Plasma markers in pulmonary hypertension subgroups correlate with patient survival

T. Koudstaal, D. van Uden, J. A. C. van Hulst, P. Heukels, I. M. Bergen, L. W. Geenen, V. J. M. Baggen, A. E. van den Bosch, L. M. van den Toorn, P. P. Chandoesing, M. Kool, E. Boersma, R. W. Hendriks, K. A. Boomars

Whole-body vibration training versus conventional balance training in patients with severe COPD—a randomized, controlled trial

Rainer Gloeckl, Tessa Schneeberger, Daniela Leitl, Tobias Reinold, Christoph Nell, Inga Jarosch, Klaus Kenn, Andreas R. Koczulla

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Increased monocyte count and red cell distribution width as prognostic biomarkers in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Theodoros Karampitsakos, Sebastiano Torrisi, Katerina Antoniou, Effrosyni Manali, Ioanna Korbila, Ourania Papaioannou, Fotios Sampsonas, Matthaios Katsaras, Eirini Vasarmidi, Despoina Papakosta, Kalliopi Domvri, Eva Fouka, Ioannis Organtzis, Zoe Daniil, Ilias Dimeas, Paraskevi Kirgou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis, Ilias C. Papanikolaou, Katerina Markopoulou, Georgia Kounti, Eirini Tsapakidou, Efthymia Papadopoulou, Konstantinos Tatsis, Athena Gogali, Konstantinos Kostikas, Vasilios Tzilas, Serafeim Chrysikos, Spyridon Papiris, Demosthenes Bouros, Michael Kreuter, Argyrios Tzouvelekis

Effect of mesenchymal stromal cell infusions on lung function in COPD patients with high CRP levels

Daniel J. Weiss, Karen Segal, Richard Casaburi, Jack Hayes, Donald Tashkin

Open Access Patent Ductus Arteriosus Research

Lung function trajectories in children with post-prematurity respiratory disease: identifying risk factors for abnormal growth

Jonathan C. Levin, Catherine A. Sheils, Jonathan M. Gaffin, Craig P. Hersh, Lawrence M. Rhein, Lystra P. Hayden

Open Access Omalizumab Research

Benefit of switching to mepolizumab from omalizumab in severe eosinophilic asthma based on patient characteristics

Mark C. Liu, Bradley Chipps, Xavier Munoz, Gilles Devouassoux, Miguel Bergna, Steven G. Smith, Robert G. Price, Dmitry V. Galkin, Jay Azmi, Dalal Mouneimne, Frank C. Albers, Kenneth R. Chapman

Open Access NSCLC Research

Osimertinib alone as second-line treatment for brain metastases (BM) control may be more limited than for non-BM in advanced NSCLC patients with an acquired EGFR T790M mutation

Changhui Li, Wei Nie, Jingdong Guo, Anning Xiong, Hua Zhong, Tianqing Chu, Runbo Zhong, Jianlin Xu, Jun Lu, Xiaoxuan Zheng, Bo Zhang, Yinchen Shen, Feng Pan, Baohui Han, Xueyan Zhang

NSCLC Research

Relationship between long non-coding RNA PCAT-1 expression and gefitinib resistance in non-small-cell lung cancer cells

Shaojia Wang, Chao Liu, Qing Lei, Zhengwei Wu, Xiangshuai Miao, Debing Zhu, Xu Yang, Na Li, Mingwei Tang, Yan Chen, Weiwei Wang

Characteristics and treatable traits of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with and without paid employment

Peter A. Jacobsen, Alex J. van ’t Hul, Remco S. Djamin, Jeanine C. Antons, Marianne de Man, Ulla Møller Weinreich, Martijn A. Spruit, Daisy J. A. Janssen

Open Access SARS-CoV-2 Research

Association of endothelial activation assessed through endothelin-I precursor peptide measurement with mortality in COVID-19 patients: an observational analysis

Claudia Gregoriano, Dominik Damm, Alexander Kutz, Daniel Koch, Selina Wolfisberg, Sebastian Haubitz, Anna Conen, Luca Bernasconi, Angelika Hammerer-Lercher, Christoph A. Fux, Beat Mueller, Philipp Schuetz

Hydrogen/oxygen therapy for the treatment of an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: results of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group controlled trial

Ze-Guang Zheng, Wu-Zhuang Sun, Jie-Ying Hu, Zhi-Jun Jie, Jin-Fu Xu, Jie Cao, Yuan-Lin Song, Chang-Hui Wang, Jing Wang, Hui Zhao, Zhong-Liang Guo, Nan-Shan Zhong

Loss of IL-33 enhances elastase-induced and cigarette smoke extract-induced emphysema in mice

Daisuke Morichika, Akihiko Taniguchi, Naohiro Oda, Utako Fujii, Satoru Senoo, Junko Itano, Arihiko Kanehiro, Yoshiaki Kitaguchi, Masanori Yasuo, Masayuki Hanaoka, Takashi Satoh, Shizuo Akira, Katsuyuki Kiura, Yoshinobu Maeda, Nobuaki Miyahara

Open Access COVID-19 Review

An updated overview of e-cigarette impact on human health

Patrice Marques, Laura Piqueras, Maria-Jesus Sanz

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Research

Acute exacerbation of fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: incidence and outcomes

Jieun Kang, Yeon Joo Kim, Jooae Choe, Eun Jin Chae, Jin Woo Song

Open Access Influenza Research

The modification effect of temperature on the relationship between air pollutants and daily incidence of influenza in Ningbo, China

Rui Zhang, Yujie Meng, Hejia Song, Ran Niu, Yu Wang, Yonghong Li, Songwang Wang

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Use of capnography for prediction of obstruction severity in non-intubated COPD and asthma patients

Barak Pertzov, Michal Ronen, Dror Rosengarten, Dorit Shitenberg, Moshe Heching, Yael Shostak, Mordechai R. Kramer

Open Access COPD Exacerbation Research

Effect of different corticosteroid regimes for hospitalised patients with exacerbated COPD: pooled analysis of individual participant data from the REDUCE and CORTICO-COP trials

Pradeesh Sivapalan, Jonas Rutishauser, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Jörg D. Leuppi, Lars Pedersen, Beat Mueller, Josefin Eklöf, Tor Biering-Sørensen, Vibeke Gottlieb, Karin Armbruster, Julie Janner, Mia Moberg, Therese S. Lapperre, Thyge L. Nielsen, Andrea Browatzki, Alexander Mathioudakis, Jørgen Vestbo, Philipp Schüetz, Jens-Ulrik Jensen

Open Access Research

Effects of bilateral lung transplantation on cardiac autonomic modulation and cardiorespiratory coupling: a prospective study

E. Tobaldini, G. D. Rodrigues, G. Mantoan, A. Monti, G. Coti Zelati, Ludovico Furlan, P. Tarsia, L. C. Morlacchi, V. Rossetti, I. Righi, L. Rosso, M. Nosotti, P. P. S. Soares, N. Montano, S. Aliberti, F. Blasi

Open Access Obesity Research

Risk factors for persistent abnormality on chest radiographs at 12-weeks post hospitalisation with PCR confirmed COVID-19

T. J. M. Wallis, E. Heiden, J. Horno, B. Welham, H. Burke, A. Freeman, L. Dexter, A. Fazleen, A. Kong, C. McQuitty, M. Watson, S. Poole, N. J. Brendish, T. W. Clark, T. M. A. Wilkinson, M. G. Jones, B. G. Marshall

Open Access Mites Research

RORγt inhibitors block both IL-17 and IL-22 conferring a potential advantage over anti-IL-17 alone to treat severe asthma

David Lamb, Dorothy De Sousa, Karsten Quast, Katrin Fundel-Clemens, Jonas S. Erjefält, Caroline Sandén, Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Marc Kästle, Ramona Schmid, Kevin Menden, Denis Delic

Open Access Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Research

Mechanical ventilation enhances Acinetobacter baumannii-induced lung injury through JNK pathways

Tzyy-Bin Tsay, Wan-Hsuan Chang, Ching-Mei Hsu, Lee-Wei Chen

Open Access Pneumonia Review

Effects of diabetes on the development of radiation pneumonitis

Guangtong Dong, Yuxiao Li, Qiyao Zhao, Bing Pang, Xin Qi, Junping Wei, Wei Hou

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Research

Estimates of epidemiology, mortality and disease burden associated with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease in France (the PROGRESS study)

Mouhamad Nasser, Sophie Larrieu, Loic Boussel, Salim Si-Mohamed, Fabienne Bazin, Sébastien Marque, Jacques Massol, Françoise Thivolet-Bejui, Lara Chalabreysse, Delphine Maucort-Boulch, Eric Hachulla, Stéphane Jouneau, Katell Le Lay, Vincent Cottin

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Real-life cost-effectiveness of benralizumab in patients with severe asthma

A. Padilla-Galo, A. J. García-Ruiz, R. Ch. Levy Abitbol, C. Olveira, F. Rivas-Ruiz, N. García-Agua Soler, M. Pérez Morales, B. Valencia Azcona, B. Tortajada-Goitia, I. Moya-Carmona, A. Levy-Naon

Open Access SARS-CoV-2 Research

Dysregulation of COVID-19 related gene expression in the COPD lung

Alastair Watson, Lisa Öberg, Bastian Angermann, C. Mirella Spalluto, Michael Hühn, Hannah Burke, Doriana Cellura, Anna Freeman, Daniel Muthas, Damla Etal, Graham Belfield, Fredrik Karlsson, Karl Nordström, Kris Ostridge, Karl J. Staples, Tom Wilkinson, Bastian Angerman, Stephanie Ashenden, Sarah Bawden, Graham Belfield, Maria G. Belvisi, Aurelie Bornot, Jerome Bouquet, Hannah Burke, Carolina Caceres, Raghothama Chaerkady, Doriana Cellura, Chia-Chien Chiang, Kerry Day, Antonio DiGiandomenico, Hanna Duàn, Ulrika Edvardsson, Damla Etal, Anna Freeman, Matthew Glover, Vancheswaran Gopalakrishnan, Stephen Harden, Sonja Hess, Alex Hicks, Ventzi Hristova, Michael Hühn, Fredrik Karlsson, Shameer Khader, Glenda Lassi, Alex Mackay, Chris McCrae, Christopher Morehouse, Daniel Muthas, Karl Nordström, Steven Novick, Esther Nyimbili, Kristoffer Ostridge, Lisa Öberg, Adam Platt, Laura Presland, Xiaotao Qu, Nicola Rayner, Pedro Rodrigues, Bret Sellman, Gary Sims, Cosma Mirella Spalluto, Andria Staniford, Karl J. Staples, Bruce Thompson, Junmin Wang, Paul Warrener, Alastair Watson, Nicholas P. Williams, Tom M. A. Wilkinson, Wen Yu, Bairu Zhang, Tianhui Zhang, Natalie van Zuydam

Obesity Research

Less airway inflammation and goblet cell metaplasia in an IL-33-induced asthma model of leptin-deficient obese mice

Atsushi Kurokawa, Mitsuko Kondo, Ken Arimura, Shigeru Ashino, Etsuko Tagaya

Open Access Expectoration Research

Raised sputum extracellular DNA confers lung function impairment and poor symptom control in an exacerbation-susceptible phenotype of neutrophilic asthma

Mustafa Abdo, Mohib Uddin, Torsten Goldmann, Sebastian Marwitz, Thomas Bahmer, Olaf Holz, Anne-Marie Kirsten, Frederik Trinkmann, Erika von Mutius, Matthias Kopp, Gesine Hansen, Klaus F. Rabe, Henrik Watz, Frauke Pedersen

SARS-CoV-2 Research

Patients’ treatment limitations as predictive factor for mortality in COVID-19: results from hospitalized patients of a hotspot region for SARS-CoV-2 infections

Stephan Budweiser, Şevki Baş, Rudolf A. Jörres, Sebastian Engelhardt, Stefan von Delius, Katharina Lenherr, Jens Deerberg-Wittram, Andreas Bauer

Open Access Allergic Rhinitis Research

Intralymphatic immunotherapy with tyrosine-adsorbed allergens: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Hye Jung Park, Sae-Hoon Kim, Yoo Seob Shin, Chul Hwan Park, Eun-Suk Cho, Seung Joon Choi, So Hyun Park, Joo Hyun Jung, Il Gyu Kang, Myoung Seok Lee, Dae Woo Kim, Sang Min Lee, Min-Suk Yang, Sang Pyo Lee

Open Access Allergic Rhinitis Research

Mepolizumab improves clinical outcomes in patients with severe asthma and comorbid conditions

Peter G. Gibson, Charlene M. Prazma, Geoffrey L. Chupp, Eric S. Bradford, Mark Forshag, Stephen A. Mallett, Steve W. Yancey, Steven G. Smith, Elisabeth H. Bel

Open Access Expectoration Research

Lung macrophages drive mucus production and steroid-resistant inflammation in chronic bronchitis

Kristina Andelid, Karolina Öst, Anders Andersson, Esha Mohamed, Zala Jevnikar, Lowie E. G. W. Vanfleteren, Melker Göransson

Open Access Care Letter to the Editor

Heparin-binding protein in lower airway samples as a biomarker for pneumonia

Magnus Paulsson, Louise Thelaus, Kristian Riesbeck, Ingemar Qvarfordt, Margaretha E. Smith, Anders Lindén, Adam Linder

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Le Bai, Li Zhang, Tingyu Pan, Wei Wang, Dian Wang, Cassidy Turner, Xianmei Zhou, Hailang He

Open Access Aspergillosis Research

A risk-predictive model for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Yu Gu, Xianping Ye, Yuxiu Liu, Yu Wang, Kunlu Shen, Jinjin Zhong, Bilin Chen, Xin Su

Circulating miRNA expression in asthmatics is age-related and associated with clinical asthma parameters, respiratory function and systemic inflammation

Aleksandra Wardzyńska, Małgorzata Pawełczyk, Joanna Rywaniak, Joanna Makowska, Joanna Jamroz-Brzeska, Marek L. Kowalski

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

SERPINB10 contributes to asthma by inhibiting the apoptosis of allergenic Th2 cells

Yuqing Mo, Ling Ye, Hui Cai, Guiping Zhu, Jian Wang, Mengchan Zhu, Xixi Song, Chengyu Yang, Meiling Jin

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Serum urate and lung cancer: a cohort study and Mendelian randomization using UK Biobank

Laura J. Horsfall, Ian P. Hall, Irwin Nazareth

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Cutaneous T-cell-attracting chemokine as a novel biomarker for predicting prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a prospective observational study

Takafumi Niwamoto, Tomohiro Handa, Yuko Murase, Yoshinari Nakatsuka, Kiminobu Tanizawa, Yoshio Taguchi, Hiromi Tomioka, Keisuke Tomii, Hideo Kita, Michihiro Uyama, Michiko Tsuchiya, Masahito Emura, Tetsuji Kawamura, Naoki Arai, Machiko Arita, Kazuko Uno, Akihiko Yoshizawa, Ryuji Uozumi, Izumi Yamaguchi, Fumihiko Matsuda, Kazuo Chin, Toyohiro Hirai

Open Access Shock Research

Does an increase in serum FGF21 level predict 28-day mortality of critical patients with sepsis and ARDS?

Xing Li, Hua Shen, Tinghong Zhou, Xiaoyu Cao, Ying Chen, Yan Liang, Ting Lu, Jiafen He, Zhoulin Dou, Chuankai Liu, Yong Tang, Zexiang Zhu

Open Access Dyspnea Research

Triple versus LAMA/LABA combination therapy for patients with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Akira Koarai, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Naoya Fujino, Tomotaka Kawayama, Hisatoshi Sugiura

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Impact of baseline clinical asthma characteristics on the response to mepolizumab: a post hoc meta-analysis of two Phase III trials

Catherine Lemiere, Camille Taillé, Jason Kihyuk Lee, Steven G. Smith, Stephen Mallett, Frank C. Albers, Eric S. Bradford, Steven W. Yancey, Mark C. Liu

Open Access Vasculitis Letter to the Editor

Real-life evidence of low-dose mepolizumab efficacy in EGPA: a case series

Aikaterini Detoraki, Eugenio Tremante, Remo Poto, Emanuela Morelli, Giuseppe Quaremba, Francescopaolo Granata, Antonio Romano, Ilaria Mormile, Francesca Wanda Rossi, Amato de Paulis, Giuseppe Spadaro

Shock Research

Bronchial thermoplasty in asthma: an exploratory histopathological evaluation in distinct asthma endotypes/phenotypes

Eleni Papakonstantinou, Triantafyllia Koletsa, Liang Zhou, Lei Fang, Michael Roth, Meropi Karakioulaki, Spasenija Savic, Leticia Grize, Michael Tamm, Daiana Stolz

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Combination of computed tomography imaging-based radiomics and clinicopathological characteristics for predicting the clinical benefits of immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer

Bin Yang, Li Zhou, Jing Zhong, Tangfeng Lv  , Ang Li, Lu Ma, Jian Zhong, Saisai Yin, Litang Huang, Changsheng Zhou, Xinyu Li, Ying Qian Ge, Xinwei Tao, Longjiang Zhang, Yong Son, Guangming Lu

Open Access Budesonide Research

Functional respiratory imaging assessment of budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate and glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate metered dose inhalers in patients with COPD: the value of inhaled corticosteroids

Maarten van den Berge, Jan De Backer, Cedric Van Holsbeke, Wilfried De Backer, Roopa Trivedi, Martin Jenkins, Paul Dorinsky, Magnus Aurivillius

Open Access Septicemia Research

Protectin conjugates in tissue regeneration 1 restores lipopolysaccharide-induced pulmonary endothelial glycocalyx loss via ALX/SIRT1/NF-kappa B axis

Xin-Yang Wang, Xin-Yu Li, Cheng-Hua Wu, Yu Hao, Pan-Han Fu, Hong-Xia Mei, Fang Chen, Yu-Qiang Gong, Sheng-Wei Jin, Hui Li

Open Access Septicemia Research

Inhibition of EZH2 prevents acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)-associated pulmonary fibrosis by regulating the macrophage polarization phenotype

Xiaowei Bao, Xiandong Liu, Na Liu, Shougang Zhuang, Qian Yang, Huijuan Ren, Dongyang Zhao, Jianwen Bai, Xiaohui Zhou, Lunxian Tang

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Chronic respiratory disease and survival outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Tak Kyu Oh, Hyoung-Won Cho, Hun-Taek Lee, In-Ae Song

Open Access Research

Comparison of coenzyme Q10 or fish oil for prevention of intermittent hypoxia-induced oxidative injury in neonatal rat lungs

Christina D’Agrosa, Charles L. Cai, Faisal Siddiqui, Karen Deslouches, Stephen Wadowski, Jacob V. Aranda, Kay D. Beharry

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Global incidence and prevalence of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Toby M. Maher, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Louis Dron, Jonathan Langley, Gerald Smith, Javaria Mona Khalid, Haridarshan Patel, Michael Kreuter

Open Access Hypoxemia Research

A novel large animal model of smoke inhalation-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome

Premila D. Leiphrakpam, Hannah R. Weber, Andrea McCain, Roser Romaguera Matas, Ernesto Martinez Duarte, Keely L. Buesing

Open Access Research

Genetic evidence for a causative effect of airflow obstruction on left ventricular filling: a Mendelian randomisation study

Lars Harbaum, Jan K. Hennigs, Marcel Simon, Tim Oqueka, Henrik Watz, Hans Klose

Open Access Coronavirus Research

Up-regulation of ACE2, the SARS-CoV-2 receptor, in asthmatics on maintenance inhaled corticosteroids

Sarah L. O’Beirne, Jacqueline Salit, Robert J. Kaner, Ronald G. Crystal, Yael Strulovici-Barel

Open Access Umeclidinium Review

Association between ICS use and risk of hyperglycemia in COPD patients: systematic review and meta-analysis

Xiaofeng Pu, Liang Liu, Bimin Feng, Zhengji Zhang, Guojun Wang

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Research

Validation and minimum important difference of the UCSD Shortness of Breath Questionnaire in fibrotic interstitial lung disease

Tao Chen, Amy Po Yu Tsai, Seo Am Hur, Alyson W. Wong, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Jolene H. Fisher, Kerri A. Johannson, Deborah Assayag, Julie Morisset, Shane Shapera, Nasreen Khalil, Charlene D. Fell, Helene Manganas, Gerard Cox, Teresa To, Andrea S. Gershon, Nathan Hambly, Andrew J. Halayko, Pearce G. Wilcox, Martin Kolb, Christopher J. Ryerson

Open Access Coronavirus Research

Pulmonary fibrosis and its related factors in discharged patients with new corona virus pneumonia: a cohort study

Xiaohe Li, Chenguang Shen, Lifei Wang, Sumit Majumder, Die Zhang, M. Jamal Deen, Yanjie Li, Ling Qing, Ying Zhang, Chuming Chen, Rongrong Zou, Jianfeng Lan, Ling Huang, Cheng Peng, Lijiao Zeng, Yanhua Liang, Mengli Cao, Yang Yang, Minghui Yang, Guoyu Tan, Shenghong Tang, Lei Liu, Jing Yuan, Yingxia Liu

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Turnover of type I and III collagen predicts progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

H. Jessen, N. Hoyer, T. S. Prior, P. Frederiksen, M. A. Karsdal, D. J. Leeming, E. Bendstrup, J. M. B. Sand, S. B. Shaker

Neutralization of IL-33 modifies the type 2 and type 3 inflammatory signature of viral induced asthma exacerbation

Kristi J. Warren, Jill A. Poole, Jenea M. Sweeter, Jane M. DeVasure, John D. Dickinson, R. Stokes Peebles Jr, Todd A. Wyatt

Therapeutic benefits of recombinant alpha1-antitrypsin IgG1 Fc-fusion protein in experimental emphysema

Katsuyuki Takeda, Soo-Hyun Kim, Anthony Joetham, Irina Petrache, Erwin W. Gelfand

Open Access Pentoxifylline Review

Antileukotrienes for the prevention and treatment of chronic lung disease in very preterm newborns: a systematic review

Marlide Jukema, Franciszek Borys, Greta Sibrecht, Karsten Juhl Jørgensen, Matteo Bruschettini

Open Access Macrolide Research

Efficacy of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure with interstitial lung disease: a case control nationwide dataset study in Japan

Yuko Usagawa, Kosaku Komiya, Mari Yamasue, Kiyohide Fushimi, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Jun-ichi Kadota

Open Access Developmental Disorder Research

Perturbation of semaphorin and VEGF signaling in ACDMPV lungs due to FOXF1 deficiency

Justyna A. Karolak, Tomasz Gambin, Przemyslaw Szafranski, Rebecca L. Maywald, Edwina Popek, Jason D. Heaney, Paweł Stankiewicz

Open Access Streptococci Research

Follow-up study of airway microbiota in children with persistent wheezing

Lei Wu, Chencong Shen, Yuanling Chen, Xin Yang, Xiaofei Luo, Chengcheng Hang, Lingling Yan, Xuefeng Xu

Open Access Kidney Injury Research

The impact of fluid status and decremental PEEP strategy on cardiac function and lung and kidney damage in mild-moderate experimental acute respiratory distress syndrome

Nazareth N. Rocha, Cynthia S. Samary, Mariana A. Antunes, Milena V. Oliveira, Matheus R. Hemerly, Patrine S. Santos, Vera L. Capelozzi, Fernanda F. Cruz, John J. Marini, Pedro L. Silva, Paolo Pelosi, Patricia R. M. Rocco

Open Access Pneumothorax Research

A proposed prognostic prediction score for pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis

Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Takato Ikeda, Takuto Miyamura, Yusuke Ueda, Yuji Yoshida, Hisako Kushima, Masaki Fujita, Takashi Ogura, Kentaro Watanabe, Hiroshi Ishii

IL-1β augments TGF-β inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition of epithelial cells and associates with poor pulmonary function improvement in neutrophilic asthmatics

Shengding Zhang, Yu Fan, Lu Qin, Xiaoyu Fang, Cong Zhang, Junqing Yue, Wenxue Bai, Gang Wang, Zhihong Chen, Harld Renz, Chrysanthi Skevaki, Xiansheng Liu, Min Xie

The effects of traffic-related air pollutants on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the community-based general population

Hui-Tsung Hsu, Chih-Da Wu, Mu-Chi Chung, Te-Chun Shen, Ting-Ju Lai, Chiu-Ying Chen, Ruey-Yun Wang, Chi-Jung Chung

Open Access Sarcoidosis Research

Cost drivers in the pharmacological treatment of interstitial lung disease

Phillen Nozibuyiso Maqhuzu, Michael Kreuter, Thomas Bahmer, Nicolas Kahn, Martin Claussen, Rolf Holle, Larissa Schwarzkopf

Open Access Bronchoscopy Research

Long-term prognostic outcomes in patients with haemoptysis

Michele Mondoni, Paolo Carlucci, Giuseppe Cipolla, Matteo Pagani, Francesco Tursi, Alessandro Fois, Pietro Pirina, Sara Canu, Stefano Gasparini, Martina Bonifazi, Silvia Marani, Andrea Comel, Laura Saderi, Sabrina De Pascalis, Fausta Alfano, Stefano Centanni, Giovanni Sotgiu

Open Access Tuberculosis Research

Feasibility and outcomes of bronchial artery embolization in patients with non-massive hemoptysis

Jung Han Hwang, Jeong Ho Kim, Suyoung Park, Ki Hyun Lee, So Hyun Park

Open Access Long-COVID Syndrome Letter to the Editor

Exertional intolerance and dyspnea with preserved lung function: an emerging long COVID phenotype?

Grace Y. Lam, A. Dean Befus, Ronald W. Damant, Giovanni Ferrara, Desi P. Fuhr, Michael K. Stickland, Rhea A. Varughese, Eric Y. Wong, Maeve P. Smith

Open Access Sarcoidosis Research

Associations between occupational and environmental exposures and organ involvement in sarcoidosis: a retrospective case-case analysis

Steven Ronsmans, Jolien De Ridder, Eline Vandebroek, Stephan Keirsbilck, Benoit Nemery, Peter H. M. Hoet, Steven Vanderschueren, Wim A. Wuyts, Jonas Yserbyt

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Research

Barriers to antigen detection and avoidance in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis in the United States

Kerri I. Aronson, Ronan O’Beirne, Fernando J. Martinez, Monika M. Safford

Open Access Obesity Research

Long-term weight gain in obese COPD patients participating in a disease management program: a risk factor for reduced health-related quality of life

Manuel B. Huber, Nelli Schneider, Florian Kirsch, Larissa Schwarzkopf, Anja Schramm, Reiner Leidl

Open Access COPD Exacerbation Research

Association of mannose-binding lectin, ficolin-2 and immunoglobulin concentrations with future exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: secondary analysis of the randomized controlled REDUCE trial

Severin Vogt, Jörg D. Leuppi, Philipp Schuetz, Beat Mueller, Carmen Volken, Sarah Dräger, Marten Trendelenburg, Jonas Rutishauser, Michael Osthoff

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Letter to the Editor

Integration of transbronchial cryobiopsy into multidisciplinary board decision: a single center analysis of one hundred consecutive patients with interstitial lung disease

Katrin E. Hostettler, Michael Tamm, Lukas Bubendorf, Peter Grendelmeier, Kathleen Jahn, Daiana Stolz, Jens Bremerich, Spasenija Savic Prince

Care programs and their components for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review

Anouk Delameillieure, Sarah Vandekerkhof, Bastiaan Van Grootven, Wim A. Wuyts, Fabienne Dobbels

Open Access Streptococci Letter to the Editor

Post-treatment with the PPAR-γ agonist pioglitazone inhibits inflammation and bacterial growth during Klebsiella pneumonia

Ivan Ramirez-Moral, Bianca Lima Ferreira, Alex F. de Vos, Tom van der Poll

Open Access Hypoxemia Research

In-vitro and in-vivo comparisons of high versus low concentrations of inhaled epoprostenol to adult intubated patients

Jie Li, Ashley E. Augustynovich, Payal K. Gurnani, James B. Fink

Upregulation of leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor B4 on interstitial macrophages in COPD; their possible protective role against emphysema formation

Ayumi Mitsune, Mitsuhiro Yamada, Naoya Fujino, Tadahisa Numakura, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Ayumi Suzuki, Shuichiro Matsumoto, Yoshiya Mitsuhashi, Koji Itakura, Tomonori Makiguchi, Akira Koarai, Tsutomu Tamada, Shota Endo, Toshiyuki Takai, Yoshinori Okada, Satoshi Suzuki, Masakazu Ichinose, Hisatoshi Sugiura

Open Access Research

The Elk1/MMP-9 axis regulates E-cadherin and occludin in ventilator-induced lung injury

Zhao Tao, Yan Jie, Zhang Mingru, Gu Changping, Yang Fan, Wu Haifeng, Wang Yuelan

Smoking induces sex-specific changes in the small airway proteome

Spela Kokelj, Jörgen Östling, Benjamin Georgi, Karin Fromell, Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl, Henric K. Olsson, Anna-Carin Olin

Open Access Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Retraction Note

Retraction Note: 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

Open Access Septicemia Research

Relationship between the presence of dedicated doctors in rapid response systems and patient outcome: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Hyung-Jun Kim, Kyeongman Jeon, Byung Ju Kang, Jong-Joon Ahn, Sang-Bum Hong, Dong-Hyun Lee, Jae Young Moon, Jung Soo Kim, Jisoo Park, Jae Hwa Cho, Sang-Min Lee, Yeon Joo Lee

Open Access Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Letter to the Editor

Small airway function in Finnish COVID-19 survivors

Anna Lindahl, Jere Reijula, Leo Pekka Malmberg, Miia Aro, Tuula Vasankari, Mika Juhani Mäkelä

Open Access Childhood Asthma Research

TIPE2 inhibits PDGF-BB-induced phenotype switching in airway smooth muscle cells through the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

Huiyuan Wang, Bo Zhong, Yan Geng, Juanjuan Hao, Qiaoyan Jin, Yang Zhang, Lijuan Dong, Dan Gao, Jing Li, Wei Hou

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

SPECT imaging of pulmonary vascular disease in bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis using a vascular endothelium tracer

François Harel, Quang T. Nguyen, Mohamed J. Nsaibia, Vincent Finnerty, Arielle Morgan, Martin Sirois, Louis Villeneuve, Angelino Calderone, Alexandre Bergeron, Emmanuelle Brochiero, Jean-Claude Tardif, YanFen Shi, Jocelyn Dupuis

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Prediction of lung emphysema in COPD by spirometry and clinical symptoms: results from COSYCONET

Christina Kellerer, Rudolf A. Jörres, Antonius Schneider, Peter Alter, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Bertram Jobst, Jürgen Biederer, Robert Bals, Henrik Watz, Jürgen Behr, Diego Kauffmann-Guerrero, Johanna Lutter, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Helgo Magnussen, Franziska C. Trudzinski, Tobias Welte, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Kathrin Kahnert

Open Access Doxycycline Research

The effect of additional antimicrobial therapy on the outcomes of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ching-Yi Chen, Chao-Hsien Chen, Cheng-Yi Wang, Chih-Cheng Lai, Chien-Ming Chao, Yu-Feng Wei

Association between circulating alpha-1 antitrypsin polymers and lung and liver disease

Alexa Núñez, Irene Belmonte, Elena Miranda, Miriam Barrecheguren, Georgina Farago, Eduardo Loeb, Mònica Pons, Francisco Rodríguez-Frías, Pablo Gabriel-Medina, Esther Rodríguez, Joan Genescà, Marc Miravitlles, Cristina Esquinas

Open Access Azithromycin Research

The efficacy of corticosteroids therapy in patients with moderate to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multicenter, randomized, open-label trial

Mostafa Ghanei, Masoud Solaymani-Dodaran, Ali Qazvini, Amir Hosein Ghazale, Seyed Amin Setarehdan, Seyed Hassan Saadat, Hassan Ghobadi, Saeed Hoseininia, Maryam Elahikhah, Ali Hossein Samadi, Yousef Imani, Ensieh Vahedi, Farhang Babamahmoodi, Fatemeh Tajik Rostami, Mohammad Hossein Azimzadeh Ardebili, Akram Ansarifar, Fatemeh Fallahpoor Golmaei, Atieh Asadollah

The smell of lung disease: a review of the current status of electronic nose technology

I. G. van der Sar, N. Wijbenga, G. Nakshbandi, J. G. J. V. Aerts, O. C. Manintveld, M. S. Wijsenbeek, M. E. Hellemons, C. C. Moor

Open Access Review

The opportunities and challenges of social media in interstitial lung disease: a viewpoint

Japnam S. Grewal, Leticia Kawano-Dourado, Christopher J. Ryerson

Open Access Research

Targeted delivery of pentagalloyl glucose inhibits matrix metalloproteinase activity and preserves elastin in emphysematous lungs

Vaideesh Parasaram, Xiaoying Wang, Pantrika Krisanarungson, Narendra Vyavahare

Open Access Cough Letter to the Editor

Does bronchial hyperresponsiveness predict a diagnosis of cough variant asthma in adults with chronic cough: a cohort study

Aleksandra Rybka-Fraczek, Marta Dabrowska, Elzbieta M. Grabczak, Katarzyna Bialek-Gosk, Karolina Klimowicz, Olga Truba, Rafal Krenke

Open Access Bronchoscopy Review

Oxygenation strategies during flexible bronchoscopy: a review of the literature

Corrado Pelaia, Andrea Bruni, Eugenio Garofalo, Serena Rovida, Eugenio Arrighi, Gianmaria Cammarota, Paolo Navalesi, Girolamo Pelaia, Federico Longhini

Open Access Spirometry Research

Blood leukocyte count as a systemic inflammatory biomarker associated with a more rapid spirometric decline in a large cohort of iron and steel industry workers

Nan Kong, Guoshun Chen, Haitao Wang, Jianyu Li, Shuzhen Yin, Xue Cao, Tao Wang, Xin Li, Yanan Li, Huanling Zhang, Shanfa Yu, Jinglong Tang, Akshay Sood, Yuxin Zheng, Shuguang Leng

Open Access Spirometry Research

Lung function and breathing patterns in hospitalised COVID-19 survivors: a review of post-COVID-19 Clinics

James A. Stockley, Eyas A. Alhuthail, Andrew M. Coney, Dhruv Parekh, Tarekegn Geberhiwot, Nandan Gautum, Shyam C. Madathil, Brendan G. Cooper

Performance of acute respiratory distress syndrome definitions in a high acuity paediatric intensive care unit

Michelle Rudolph, Jefta van Dijk, Pauline de Jager, Sandra K. Dijkstra, Johannes G. M. Burgerhof, Robert G. T. Blokpoel, Martin C. J. Kneyber

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Hospitalizations in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Hyun J. Kim, Laurie D. Snyder, Ayodeji Adegunsoye, Megan L. Neely, Shaun Bender, Eric S. White, Craig S. Conoscenti, Mary E. Strek, Albert Baker, Scott Beegle, John A. Belperio, Rany Condos, Francis Cordova, Daniel A. Culver, Daniel Dilling, John Fitzgerald, Leann Silhan, Kevin R. Flaherty, Kevin Gibson, Mridu Gulati, Kalpalatha Guntupalli, Nishant Gupta, Amy Hajari Case, David Hotchkin, Tristan J. Huie, Robert J. Kaner, Hyun J. Kim, Lisa H. Lancaster, Mark Steele, Joseph A. Lasky, Doug Lee, Timothy Liesching, Randolph Lipchik, Jason Lobo, Tracy R. Luckhardt, Joao A. Andrade, Yolanda Mageto, Howard Huang, Prema Menon, Yolanda Mageto, Lake Morrison, Andrew Namen, Justin M. Oldham, Tessy Paul, David Zhang, Anna Podolanczuk, David Lederer, Nina M. Patel, Mary Porteous, Maryl Kreider, Rishi Raj, Paul Mohabir, Murali Ramaswamy, Tonya Russell, Paul Sachs, Zeenat Safdar, Shirin Shafazand, Marilyn Glassberg, Ather Siddiqi, Wael Asi, Barry Sigal, Mary E. Strek, Imre Noth, Sally Suliman, Jesse Roman, Jeremy Tabak, Rajat Walia, Timothy P. M. Whelan

Open Access Diabetes Research

Adiponectin ameliorates lung ischemia–reperfusion injury through SIRT1-PINK1 signaling-mediated mitophagy in type 2 diabetic rats

Tao Jiang, Tianhua Liu, Xijin Deng, Wengang Ding, Ziyong Yue, Wanchao Yang, Xiangqi Lv, Wenzhi Li

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Validation of a derived version of the IPF-specific Saint George’s Respiratory Questionnaire

Thomas Skovhus Prior, Nils Hoyer, Saher Burhan Shaker, Jesper Rømhild Davidsen, Ole Hilberg, Haridarshan Patel, Elisabeth Bendstrup

Open Access Budesonide Research

A scintigraphy study of budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol fumarate metered dose inhaler in patients with moderate-to-very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Omar Usmani, Nicolas Roche, Ezanul Wahab, Samuel Israel, Martin Jenkins, Roopa Trivedi, Paul Dorinsky, Magnus Aurivillius

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Prostaglandin D2 metabolites activate asthmatic patient-derived type 2 innate lymphoid cells and eosinophils via the DP2 receptor

Saskia Carstensen, Christina Gress, Veit J. Erpenbeck, Shamsah D. Kazani, Jens M. Hohlfeld, David A. Sandham, Meike Müller

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Research

Novel acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis model induced by airway mycosis and high dose lipopolysaccharide

Yuying Zeng, Yun Zhang, Xinyan Huang, Lizhen Song, Katherine Polsky, Yifan Wu, Farrah Kheradmand, Yubiao Guo, Linda K. Green, David B. Corry, John M. Knight

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Dual inhibition of αvβ6 and αvβ1 reduces fibrogenesis in lung tissue explants from patients with IPF

Martin L. Decaris, Johanna R. Schaub, Chun Chen, Jacob Cha, Gail G. Lee, Megi Rexhepaj, Steve S. Ho, Vikram Rao, Megan M. Marlow, Prerna Kotak, Erine H. Budi, Lisa Hooi, Jianfeng Wu, Marina Fridlib, Shamra P. Martin, Shaoyi Huang, Ming Chen, Manuel Muñoz, Timothy F. Hom, Paul J. Wolters, Tushar J. Desai, Fernando Rock, Katerina Leftheris, David J. Morgans, Eve-Irene Lepist, Patrick Andre, Eric A. Lefebvre, Scott M. Turner

Open Access Budesonide Research

Potentiation of long-acting β2-agonist and glucocorticoid responses in human airway epithelial cells by modulation of intracellular cAMP

Yechan Kim, Vincent Hou, Ryan D. Huff, Jennifer A. Aguiar, Spencer Revill, Nicholas Tiessen, Quynh Cao, Matthew S. Miller, Mark D. Inman, Kjetil Ask, Andrew C. Doxey, Jeremy A. Hirota

Open Access Research

Small-molecule Akt-activation in airway cells induces NO production and reduces IL-8 transcription through Nrf-2

Indiwari Gopallawa, Li Eon Kuek, Nithin D. Adappa, James N. Palmer, Robert J. Lee

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Pirfenidone vs. nintedanib in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a retrospective cohort study

Pavo Marijic, Larissa Schwarzkopf, Lars Schwettmann, Thomas Ruhnke, Franziska Trudzinski, Michael Kreuter

Diaphragmatic excursion is correlated with the improvement in exercise tolerance after pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Masashi Shiraishi, Yuji Higashimoto, Ryuji Sugiya, Hiroki Mizusawa, Yu Takeda, Shuhei Fujita, Osamu Nishiyama, Shintarou Kudo, Tamotsu Kimura, Yasutaka Chiba, Kanji Fukuda, Yuji Tohda, Hisako Matsumoto

Open Access COPD Exacerbation Research

Long-acting antimuscarinic therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease receiving beta-blockers

Kenneth R. Chapman, Robert A. Wise, Benjamin M. Scirica, Deepak L. Bhatt, Sami Z. Daoud, Dan Lythgoe, Esther Garcia Gil

Integrated plasma proteomics and lung transcriptomics reveal novel biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Pitchumani Sivakumar, Ron Ammar, John Ryan Thompson, Yi Luo, Denis Streltsov, Mary Porteous, Carly McCoubrey, Edward Cantu III, Michael F. Beers, Gabor Jarai, Jason D. Christie

Gut microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Naijian Li, Zhouli Dai, Zhang Wang, Zhishan Deng, Jiahuan Zhang, Jinding Pu, Weitao Cao, Tianhui Pan, Yumin Zhou, Zhaowei Yang, Jing Li, Bing Li, Pixin Ran

Combustion Research

Association between particulate matter containing EPFRs and neutrophilic asthma through AhR and Th17

Jeffrey N. Harding, Maureen Gross, Vivek Patel, Steven Potter, Stephania A. Cormier

Characteristics of the nocturnal desaturation waveform pattern of SpO2 in COPD patients: an observational study

Asuka Yoshizaki, Tatsuya Nagano, Shintaro Izumi, Teruaki Nishiuma, Kyosuke Nakata, Masatsugu Yamamoto, Yuichiro Yasuda, Daisuke Hazama, Kanoko Umezawa, Naoko Katsurada, Motoko Tachihara, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Kazuyuki Kobayashi

Open Access Respiratory Microbiota Letter to the Editor

The lung microbiome in end-stage Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Julie Ng, Gustavo Pacheco-Rodriguez, Lesa Begley, Yvonne J. Huang, Sergio Poli, Mark A. Perrella, Ivan O. Rosas, Joel Moss, Souheil El-Chemaly

Open Access Umeclidinium Research

Efficacy of umeclidinium/vilanterol according to the degree of reversibility of airflow limitation at screening: a post hoc analysis of the EMAX trial

Claus F. Vogelmeier, Paul W. Jones, Edward M. Kerwin, Isabelle H. Boucot, François Maltais, Lee Tombs, Chris Compton, David A. Lipson, Leif H. Bjermer

Open Access Research

IL-35 subunit EBI3 alleviates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis via suppressing DNA enrichment of STAT3

Donghong Chen, Guofeng Zheng, Qing Yang, Le Luo, Jinglian Shen

Open Access Pulmonary Hypertension Research

Reversal of pulmonary arterial hypertension and neointimal formation by kinin B1 receptor blockade

Dileep Reddy Rampa, Priya Murugesan, Honglu Chao, Huiying Feng, Wenxin Dai, Dongwon Lee, Anton Pekcec, Henri Doods, Dongmei Wu

Open Access Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Research

Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease: prevalence and clinical outcome

Byoung Soo Kwon, Jooae Choe, Eun Jin Chae, Hee Sang Hwang, Yong-Gil Kim, Jin Woo Song

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Association between circulating alpha-1 antitrypsin polymers and lung and liver disease

Alexa Núñez, Irene Belmonte, Elena Miranda, Miriam Barrecheguren, Georgina Farago, Eduardo Loeb, Mònica Pons, Francisco Rodríguez-Frías, Pablo Gabriel-Medina, Esther Rodríguez, Joan Genescà, Marc Miravitlles, Cristina Esquinas

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Modeling of lung phenotype of Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome type I using patient-specific iPSCs

Takahiro Suezawa, Shuhei Kanagaki, Yohei Korogi, Kazuhisa Nakao, Toyohiro Hirai, Koji Murakami, Masatoshi Hagiwara, Shimpei Gotoh

Open Access Letter to the Editor

The cellular composition of the lung lining fluid gradually changes from bronchus to alveolus

S. D. Pouwels, Janette K. Burgess, Erik Verschuuren, Dirk-Jan Slebos

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

FERMT3 mediates cigarette smoke-induced epithelial–mesenchymal transition through Wnt/β-catenin signaling

Xiaoshan Su, Junjie Chen, Xiaoping Lin, Xiaoyang Chen, Zhixing Zhu, Weijing Wu, Hai Lin, Jianming Wang, Xiangjia Ye, Yiming Zeng

Open Access Anemia Research

Prognostic impact of hypochromic erythrocytes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Panagiota Xanthouli, Vivienne Theobald, Nicola Benjamin, Alberto M. Marra, Anna D’Agostino, Benjamin Egenlauf, Memoona Shaukat, Cao Ding, Antonio Cittadini, Eduardo Bossone, Maria Kögler, Ekkehard Grünig, Martina U. Muckenthaler, Christina A. Eichstaedt

Open Access Sleep Apnea Research

Comparison of airway pressures and expired gas washout for nasal high flow versus CPAP in child airway replicas

Kelvin Duong, Michelle Noga, Joanna E. MacLean, Warren H. Finlay, Andrew R. Martin

Open Access Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research

Radiological pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis-like lesion in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Yasuoki Horiike, Ryoko Egashira, Hiromitsu Sumikawa, Tae Iwasawa, Shoichiro Matsushita, Hiroaki Sugiura, Kensuke Kataoka, Mikiko Hashisako, Hideki Yasui, Hironao Hozumi, Masato Karayama, Yuzo Suzuki, Kazuki Furuhashi, Noriyuki Enomoto, Yutaro Nakamura, Naoki Inui, Takafumi Suda

Open Access Hypertension Research

CYP2J2 and EETs protect against pulmonary arterial hypertension with lung ischemia–reperfusion injury in vivo and in vitro

Yun Ding, Pengjie Tu, Yiyong Chen, Yangyun Huang, Xiaojie Pan, Wenshu Chen

Open Access Research

Control of the expiratory flow in a lung model and in healthy volunteers with an adjustable flow regulator: a combined bench and randomized crossover study

Johannes Schmidt, Anna Martin, Christin Wenzel, Jonas Weber, Steffen Wirth, Stefan Schumann

Open Access Computed Tomography Research

Predictive value of chest HRCT for survival in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Aneta Kacprzak, Barbara Burakowska, Marcin Kurzyna, Anna Fijałkowska, Michał Florczyk, Maria Wieteska-Miłek, Szymon Darocha, Adam Torbicki, Monika Szturmowicz

Knockdown of circFOXO3 ameliorates cigarette smoke-induced lung injury in mice

Lei Zhou, Bo Wu, Jun Yang, Bing Wang, Jing Pan, Donghui Xu, Chunling Du

Open Access Research

α1-Antitrypsin attenuates acute rejection of orthotopic murine lung allografts

Tomoyuki Nakagiri, Sabine Wrenger, Kokilavani Sivaraman, Fabio Ius, Tobias Goecke, Patrick Zardo, Veronika Grau, Tobias Welte, Axel Haverich, Ann-Kathrin Knöfel, Sabina Janciauskiene

Open Access Cough Research

Prostaglandin E2 sensitizes the cough reflex centrally via EP3 receptor-dependent activation of NaV 1.8 channels

Al-Shaimaa A. Al-Kandery, Muddanna S. Rao, Ahmed Z. El-Hashim

Open Access COPD Exacerbation Research

Developmental endothelial locus-1 as a potential biomarker for the incidence of acute exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Dong-Hyun Joo, Kyoung-Hee Lee, Chang-Hoon Lee, Jisu Woo, Jiyeon Kim, Seoung Ju Park, Chin Kook Rhee, Won-Yeon Lee, Dongil Park, Jae Seung Lee, Ki-Suck Jung, Kwang Ha Yoo, Chul-Gyu Yoo

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impact of COVID-19 and lockdowns on pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients in France: a nationwide study

Pierre Tankere, Jonathan Cottenet, Pascale Tubert-Bitter, Anne-Sophie Mariet, Guillaume Beltramo, Jacques Cadranel, Lionel Piroth, Philippe Bonniaud, Catherine Quantin

Open Access Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Correction

Correction to: Measuring disease activity in COPD: is clinically important deterioration the answer?

Dave Singh, Gerard J. Criner, Ian Naya, Paul W. Jones, Lee Tombs, David A. Lipson, MeiLan K. Han

Open Access Epigenetics Research

Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of pulmonary function in middle and old-aged Chinese monozygotic twins

Tong Wang, Weijing Wang, Weilong Li, Haiping Duan, Chunsheng Xu, Xiaocao Tian, Dongfeng Zhang

Open Access NSCLC Research

Mutational signature analysis in non-small cell lung cancer patients with a high tumor mutational burden

Guus R. M. van den Heuvel, Leonie I. Kroeze, Marjolijn J. L. Ligtenberg, Katrien Grünberg, Erik A. M. Jansen, Daniel von Rhein, Richarda M. de Voer, Michel M. van den Heuvel

Open Access Cystic Fibrosis Research

Mucus threads from surface goblet cells clear particles from the airways

Anna Ermund, Lauren N. Meiss, Brendan Dolan, Florian Jaudas, Lars Ewaldsson, Andrea Bähr, Nikolai Klymiuk, Gunnar C. Hansson

Open Access Review

A short primer on lung stereology

Matthias Ochs, Julia Schipke

Open Access Care Research

Long- and short-term clinical impact of awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as bridging therapy for lung transplantation

Nam Eun Kim, Ala Woo, Song Yee Kim, Ah Young Leem, Youngmok Park, Se Hyun Kwak, Seung Hyun Yong, Kyungsoo Chung, Moo Suk Park, Young Sam Kim, Ha Eun Kim, Jin Gu Lee, Hyo Chae Paik, Su Hwan Lee

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Safety of delivering bronchial thermoplasty in two treatment sessions

Kavya Koshy, Joy Sha, Kim Bennetts, David Langton

Open Access Research

Ferulic acid ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced tracheal injury via cGMP/PKGII signaling pathway

Xiaoyong Xie, Tong Yu, Yapeng Hou, Aixin Han, Yan Ding, Hongguang Nie, Yong Cui

Open Access Mites Letter to the Editor

Airway IL-1β associates with IL-5 production following dust mite allergen inhalation in humans

Allison J. Burbank, Stephen A. Schworer, Amika Sood, Martha Almond, Kelly Chason, Nathan Bean, Haibo Zhou, Michelle L. Hernandez

Open Access Pneumococcus Research

Rapid identification of pathogens associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia by Nanopore sequencing

Nan Wu, Piyush Ranjan, Changyu Tao, Chao Liu, Ence Yang, Bei He, John R. Erb-Downward, Shining Bo, Jiajia Zheng, Chenxia Guo, Beibei Liu, Lina Sun, Wei Yan, Meng Wang, Wenting Wang, Jianing Wen, Ping Yang, Lin Yang, Qiaoshan Tian, Robert P. Dickson, Ning Shen

Open Access Bronchial Asthma Research

Long-term safety and exploratory efficacy of fevipiprant in patients with inadequately controlled asthma: the SPIRIT randomised clinical trial

Jorge Maspero, Ioana Octavia Agache, Tadashi Kamei, Makoto Yoshida, Bryan Boone, James M. Felser, Fernando Kawakami, Barbara Knorr, David Lawrence, Thomas Lehmann, Wei Wang, Andrew J. Pedinoff

Open Access Pulmonary Hypertension Research

TRB3 mediates vascular remodeling by activating the MAPK signaling pathway in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

Xiaopei Cao, Xiaoyu Fang, Mingzhou Guo, Xiaochen Li, Yuanzhou He, Min Xie, Yongjian Xu, Xiansheng Liu

Maintenance of low driving pressure in patients with early acute respiratory distress syndrome significantly affects outcomes

Hui-Chun Chang, Chung-Han Ho, Shu-Chen Kung, Wan-Lin Chen, Ching-Min Wang, Kuo-Chen Cheng, Wei-Lun Liu, Han-Shui Hsu

Open Access Research

Oscillatory mechanics at birth for identifying infants requiring surfactant: a prospective, observational trial

Anna Lavizzari, Chiara Veneroni, Francesco Beretta, Valeria Ottaviani, Claudia Fumagalli, Marta Tossici, Mariarosa Colnaghi, Fabio Mosca, Raffaele L. Dellacà

Epigenetic marker of telomeric age is associated with exacerbations and hospitalizations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ana I. Hernández Cordero, Chen Xi Yang, Xuan Li, Stephen Milne, Virginia Chen, Zsuzsanna Hollander, Raymond Ng, Gerard J. Criner, Prescott G. Woodruff, Stephen C. Lazarus, John E. Connett, MeiLan K. Han, Fernando J. Martinez, Robert M. Reed, S. F. Paul Man, Janice M. Leung, Don D. Sin

Open Access Tocilizumab Research

Tocilizumab improves 28-day survival in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19: an open label, prospective study

Theodoros Karampitsakos, Elli Malakounidou, Ourania Papaioannou, Vasilina Dimakopoulou, Eirini Zarkadi, Matthaios Katsaras, Panagiota Tsiri, Georgios Tsirikos, Vasiliki Georgiopoulou, Ioanna Oikonomou, Christos Davoulos, Dimitrios Velissaris, Fotios Sampsonas, Markos Marangos, Karolina Akinosoglou, Argyris Tzouvelekis

Open Access Cytokines Research

Analysis of sex-based differences in clinical and molecular responses to ischemia reperfusion after lung transplantation

Lourdes Chacon-Alberty, Shengbin Ye, Daoud Daoud, William C. Frankel, Hassan Virk, Jonathan Mase, Camila Hochman-Mendez, Meng Li, Luiz C. Sampaio, Doris A. Taylor, Gabriel Loor

Open Access Polysomnography Research

Overnight variation in tidal expiratory flow limitation in COPD patients and its correction: an observational study

J. McKenzie, P. Nisha, S. Cannon-Bailey, C. Cain, M. Kissel, J. Stachel, C. Proscyk, R. Romano, B. Hardy, P. M. A. Calverley

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

BTB and CNC homology 1 (Bach1) induces lung cancer stem cell phenotypes by stimulating CD44 expression

Pan Jiang, Fan Li, Zilong Liu, Shengyu Hao, Jian Gao, Shanqun Li

Open Access Pulmonary Hypertension Research

NT-pro BNP in AECOPD-PH: old biomarker, new insights-based on a large retrospective case-controlled study

Fengming Tian, Wen Song, Liang Wang, Qiang Zeng, Zhenyu Zhao, Ning Feng, Jiahui Fan, Yue Wang, Jing Wang, Xiumin Ma

Open Access Lung Cancer Research

Relationship of the lung microbiome with PD-L1 expression and immunotherapy response in lung cancer

Hye Jin Jang, Ji Yeon Choi, Kangjoon Kim, Seung Hyun Yong, Yeon Wook Kim, Song Yee Kim, Eun Young Kim, Ji Ye Jung, Young Ae Kang, Moo Suk Park, Young Sam Kim, Young-Jae Cho, Sang Hoon Lee

HuR drives lung fibroblast differentiation but not metabolic reprogramming in response to TGF-β and hypoxia

Joshua Trivlidis, Noof Aloufi, Fatmah Al-Habeeb, Parameswaran Nair, Ilan Azuelos, David H. Eidelman, Carolyn J. Baglole

Live Webinar | 27-06-2024 | 18:00 (CEST)

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Live: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)

WHO estimates that half of all patients worldwide are non-adherent to their prescribed medication. The consequences of poor adherence can be catastrophic, on both the individual and population level.

Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.

Prof. Kevin Dolgin
Prof. Florian Limbourg
Prof. Anoop Chauhan
Developed by: Springer Medicine
Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.