Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third driving reason for
death around the world and a real number of patients suffers from disease exacerbation …

Smoking is the number one risk factor for cancer mortality but only 15–20% of heavy
smokers develop lung cancer. It would, therefore, be of great benefit to identify those at high …

Importance The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with mortality and
cardiovascular disease at the time of incident disease, but it is not known whether this is true …

Background: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is a chronic autoimmune thyroiditis that causes
systemic inflammation in the body, leading to hypothyroidism and an enlargement of the …

The ocular surface is a gateway that contacts the outside and receives stimulation from the
outside. The corneal innate immune system is composed of many types of cells, including …

Objectives The main objective of this study was to compare neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio
(NLR), a marker of systemic inflammation, between patients diagnosed with International …

Neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with poor prognosis in patients with lung
cancer, but the predictive role of NLR on the risk of developing lung cancer is unknown. We …

Background: The neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR)
have the potential to be inflammatory markers that reflect the activity of many inflammatory …

Objective Smoking has been proven to increase systemic inflammation in previous studies
using different biomarkers. The eosinophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (ELR), neutrophil-to …

Characterization of host immune cell parameters prior to treatment is expected to identify
biomarkers predictive of clinical outcome as well as to elucidate why some patients fail to …