Background Pulmonary microvasculature alterations are implicated in emphysema pathogenesis, but the association between ...

A structural and metabolic framework for classifying pre-clinical tuberculosis infection phenotypes using 18F-FDG PET-CT: a prospective cohort analysis following M. tuberculosis exposure ...

Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Correspondence to: Dr D E O’Donnell Division of Respiratory and Critical Care ...

Background Overexpression of the transforming growth factor β family signalling molecule smad2 in the airway epithelium provokes enhanced allergen-induced airway remodelling in mice, concomitant with ...

1 Clinical Trials Research Unit, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2 Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 3 Department of Medicine, The University of ...

1 Department of Pulmonary and Intensive Care Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam Correspondence to: ...

Rationale There are no population-based studies from sub-Saharan Africa describing longitudinal lung function in adults. Objectives To explore the lung function trajectories and their determinants, ...

1 Department of General Practice, Division of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Centre, ...

Correspondence to Professor Adam T Hill, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH16 4SA, UK; adam.hill318{at}nhs.net The new British Thoracic Society ...

Dr I M Balfour-Lynn, Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NP, UK; i.balfourlynn{at}ic.ac.uk The aims of these guidelines are ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash University Medical School, Melbourne 3181, Australia 2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Alfred Hospital and Monash ...