The pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is based on the innate
and adaptive inflammatory immune response to the inhalation of toxic particles and gases …

The pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) encompasses a
number of injurious processes, including an abnormal inflammatory response in the lungs to …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by an abnormal persistent
inflammatory response to cigarette smoke. This noxious insult leads to emphysema and …

The current epidemic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has produced a
worldwide health care burden, approaching that imposed by transmittable infectious …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death and disability
but has only recently been explored from a cellular and molecular perspective. In COPD …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized by an abnormal persistent
inflammatory response to noxious environmental stimuli, most commonly cigarette smoke …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), comprised of pulmonary emphysema,
chronic bronchitis, and structural and inflammatory changes of small airways, is a leading …

Airway epithelium represents the first line of defense against toxic inhalants. In some
subjects, cigarette smoking causes airway inflammation, hypersecretion of mucus, and …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic inflammation in
both the airways causing airway obstruction and the lung tissues causing emphysema. The …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality
that is characterised by inexorable deterioration of small airways obstruction with …