Many studies have been undertaken to reveal how tobacco smoke skews immune
responses contributing to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Background: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease that has a higher prevalence
in boys than in girls before puberty and a higher prevalence in women than in men in …

Genetic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease
(AITD) and it has been calculated that 80% of the susceptibility to develop Graves' disease is …

Study objectives Cigarette smoking is common in asthmatic patients, and we investigated
the impact of cigarette smoking on airway inflammation in asthma. Design Single-center …

This review summarizes the current data on the effects of smoking and tobacco on the
immune system and its potential impact on periodontal health. Smokers are 2.5-6 times …

The role of airway inflammation in childhood asthma is not well defined, despite modern
treatment approaches recommending potent anti-inflammatory therapy for an increasing …

Abstract centrations1 and an elevated risk of allergic sensitisation to some, but not all,
occupational Background–A systematic review was conducted of the effects of parental …

The World Health Organisation called for research assessing the safety of electronic
cigarette (e-cigarette). We evaluated the acute effect of active and passive e-cigarette and …

Background: Maternal cigarette smoking in pregnancy is an important, common and
avoidable exposure that has been linked with elevated cord blood (CB) immunoglobulin E …

The object of this study was to determine the relative importance of low birth weight, preterm
birth, low maternal age, household size, exposure to maternal smoking, personal smoking at …