Rationale Little is known about personal characteristics and systemic responses to
particulate pollution in patients with COPD. Objectives Assess whether diabetes, obesity …

To identify key signaling pathways involved in ambient particulate matter (PM)-induced
pulmonary injury, we generated a mouse model with myeloid-specific deletion of Ppp2r1a …

Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter equal or less than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.
5) is associated with the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Background Treatment and preventative advances for chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) have been slow due, in part, to limited subphenotypes. We tested if …

Dysanapsis refers to an anthropometric mismatch of airway tree calibre that was first inferred
from inter-individual differences in maximum expiratory airflow among healthy adults [2] and …

Background Air pollution may affect the risk of respiratory infection, though research has
focused on uncommon infections or infections in children. Whether ambient air pollutants …

Nanoparticles (NPs) released from engineered materials or combustion processes as well
as persistent herpesvirus infection are omnipresent and are associated with chronic lung …

Abstract The MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) is a National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute–sponsored prospective study aimed at studying the prevalence, progression …

This study explores the effects of prenatal exposure to air pollution on the risk of macrosomia
and its window of susceptibility. We conducted a retrospective cohort study utilizing records …

This paper presents empirical results on coronavirus infection and fatality rates from cross-
country regressions for OECD economies and a sample of middle-and high-income …