Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death
worldwide, and its global health burden is increasing. COPD is characterized by …

SETTING: Household air pollution (HAP) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) are both major public health problems, reported to cause around 4 million and 3 …

Background Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is considered a plausible contributor to
the onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Mechanistic studies are needed …

Respiratory diseases are the prime cause of death and disability worldwide. The majority of
lung‐based diseases are resistant to treatment. Hence, research on unique …

The forced oscillation technique (FOT) is a non-invasive method to assess airway function
by emitting oscillatory signals into the respiratory tract during tidal ventilation. This opinion …

Introduction Small airway disease (SAD) represents a common and critical feature of
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Introduced in the'60s, SAD has gradually …

COPD and asthma have different risk factors and pathogenesis, but they share a
pathophysiologic hallmark characterized by small airways disease. Although difficult to …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the leading cause of mortality and morbidity
worldwide, is characterized by abnormal activation of inflammatory cells. The increased pro …

Long-term exposure to biomass-burning smoke (BS) is associated with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, and other chronic inflammatory lung diseases. BS …

Although different trajectories in lung function decline have been identified in patients with
COPD associated to tobacco exposure (TE-COPD), genetic, environmental, and infectious …