Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a slowly progressive and poorly
reversible airway obstruction disease. It is caused either alone or in combination of …

Abstract 'Undernutrition state'(UNS) is an ominous condition, in particular when associated
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this review we discuss …

A variety of pulmonary insults can prompt the need for life-saving mechanical ventilation;
however, misuse, prolonged use, or an excessive inflammatory response, can result in …

Human ageing is a complex trait that involves the synergistic action of numerous biological
processes that interact to form a complex network. Here we performed a network analysis to …

Despite the benefits of mechanical ventilators, prolonged or misuse of ventilators may lead
to ventilation-associated/ventilation-induced lung injury (VILI). Lung insults, such as …

Sarcopenia is a relatively new concept in the medical literature, initially intended to describe
the loss of lean body mass that occurs with aging. More recently, sarcopenia has been …

Introduction Smoking cessation promotes health benefits and, despite cigarette smoking be
an important pro inflammatory stimulus, there are few studies concerning the nasal and …

The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a cell surface molecule of the
immunoglobulin superfamily that binds diverse endogenous ligands involved in the …

Introduction Cigarette smoking decreases brain regional gray matter volume and is related
to chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). COPD leads to decreased pulmonary function …