Diabetes of the exocrine pancreas (DEP) is a form of diabetes that occurs due to pancreatic
disease. It is far more common than has been previously considered, with a recent study …

Traditional cell lines and xenograft models have been widely recognized and used in
research. As a new research model, organoids have made significant progress and …

Childhood asthma remains a multifactorial disease with heterogeneous clinical phenotype
and complex genetic inheritance. The primary aim of asthma management is to achieve …

Objectives. 1. To review and discuss available evidence supporting that spirometry is an
overlooked global health marker, that could be used regularly through the lifespan to …

Background Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) are routinely managed in a multidisciplinary
clinic at tertiary pediatric centers. However, children with bronchiectasis may not be …

Bronchiectasis, a once-neglected disease, has gained increased recognition in the past
decade. The reported prevalence of bronchiectasis is increasing, reaching 0.25% to 0.5% of …

Background: Anastomotic complications are common after lung transplantation (1.4–33% of
cases) and still associated with a high morbi-mortality. Methods: The current study is a …

Introduction Chest computed tomography (CT) examinations are performed routinely in
some cystic fibrosis (CF) centers in order to evaluate lung disease progression in CF …

Studies of modifying genes in CF allow: understanding of clinical variability among patients
with the same CFTR genotype; evaluation of precision medicine; understanding of …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is now more common in adults than children in countries with well-
developed health care systems. The number of adults continues to increase and will further …