Introduction: The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases
exponentially with aging. Its pathogenesis, however, is not well known and aside from …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is regarded as a disease of accelerated
lung aging. This affliction shows all of the hallmarks of aging, including telomere shortening …

Aging is characterized by progressive deterioration of physiological integrity, decline in
homeostasis, and degeneration of the tissues that occurs after the reproductive phase of life …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has become a global epidemic and is the
third leading cause of death worldwide. COPD is characterized by chronic airway …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been recently characterized as a
disease of accelerated lung aging. The prevalence of COPD is age-dependent suggesting …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is recognized as a disease of accelerated
lung aging. Over the past two decades, mounting evidence suggests an accumulation of …

Aging is one of the most important risk factors for most chronic diseases. The worldwide
increase in life expectancy has been accompanied by an increase in the prevalence of age …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by unrelenting airway
inflammation, loss of alveolar-capillary units, and a progressive decline in lung function …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory airway disease. It
has become one of the commonest diseases worldwide and a major global healthcare …

An enhanced or abnormal inflammatory response to the lungs to inhaled particles and
gases, usually from cigarette smoke, is considered to be a general pathogenic mechanism …