The different faces of the macrophage in asthma : Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine The
different faces of the macrophage in asthma : Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine Log in or …

Asthma is a highly heterogeneous disease, but the pathogenesis of asthma is still unclear. It
is well known that the airway inflammatory immune response is the pathological basis of …

Chronic inhalation of cigarette smoke is a prominent cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) and provides an important source of exogenous oxidants. In addition …

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infects a majority of infants and can cause severe disease
leading to increased risk to develop asthma later in life. In the present studies we detected …

In asthma, goblet cell numbers are increased within the airway epithelium, perpetuating the
production of mucus that is more difficult to clear and results in airway mucus plugging …

Glucose sensors are potentially useful tools for monitoring the glucose concentration in cell
culture medium. Here, we present a new, low-cost, and reproducible sensor based on a …

The conversion of xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) to xanthine oxidase (XO) occurs only in
mammalian species. In fresh bovine milk, the enzyme exists predominantly as the oxidase …

ABC transporters are conserved in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, with humans expressing 48
transporters divided into 7 classes (ABCA, ABCB, ABCC, ABCD, ABDE, ABCF, and ABCG) …

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) affects most infants early in life and is
associated with increased asthma risk. The specific mechanism remains unknown. Objective …

Objective Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) feature different
inflammatory and cellular profiles in the airways, indicating that the cellular metabolic …