Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a common, preventable and treatable
chronic respiratory disease in clinic, gets continuous deterioration and we can't take effective …

Extravasation of monocytes into tissue and to the site of injury is a fundamental
immunological process, which requires rapid responses via post translational modifications …

Lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and COPD, are characterized by mucus obstruction
and chronic airway inflammation, but their mechanistic link remains poorly understood …

Systemic inflammation is established as part of late-stage severe lung disease, but
molecular, functional, and phenotypic changes in peripheral immune cells in early disease …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a leading cause of
morbidity and mortality worldwide, characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and …

Tobacco smoking doubles the risk of active tuberculosis (TB) and accounts for up to 20% of
all active TB cases globally. How smoking promotes lung microenvironments permissive to …

Increased levels of surfactant protein D (SP-D) and lipid-laden foamy macrophages (FMs)
are frequently found under oxidative stress conditions and/or in patients with chronic …

Smoking is a leading risk factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), that is
characterized by chronic lung inflammation, tissue remodeling and emphysema. Although …

Introduction People living with HIV (PLHIV) are characterized by functional reprogramming
of innate immune cells even after long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART). In order to assess …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory
disease, whose pathogenetic complexity was strongly associated with aging/smoking and …