Nitric oxide (NO) is a colorless gas at room temperature and one of the simplest molecules
known, yet it has been implicated in a wide variety of regulatory mechanisms ranging from …

Lipocalins as biochemical markers of disease have been used extensively. The clinical
indications relate to almost any field of medicine, such as inflammatory disease, cancer, lipid …

Sjögren's syndrome is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by lymphocytic
infiltration of exocrine glands, mainly the lacrimal and salivary glands. However …

In asthma, clinical symptoms and lung function are insensitive in reflecting the underlying
airway inflammation, and monitoring of this process has only recently become available …

Exhaled Nitric Oxide: The Effects of AGe, Gender and Body Size Page 1 Exhaled Nitric Oxide:
The E ects of Age, Gender and Body Size KW Tsang,1 SK Ip,1 R. Leung,1 GL Tipoe,2 SL …

The 'classical'model to explain glandular hypofunction in Sjogrens syndrome (SS) is tissue
loss secondary to immune attack mediated by a combination of apoptosis and cytotoxic cell …

Introduction Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease that mainly targets
the exocrine glands. The aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of 87 proteins …

BACKGROUND: The fractional concentration of nitric oxide in exhaled breath (FeNO) is
elevated in asthma. FeNO measurement has been proposed as a noninvasive index of …

The present study aimed to compare the cellular pattern and structural changes in the
airways of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) with healthy controls. Bronchial …

Decompression illness (DCI) is an illness affecting divers subjected to reductions in ambient
pressure. Besides a mechanical explanation to DCI, an inflammatory mechanism has been …