Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with chronic inflammation
affecting predominantly the lung parenchyma and peripheral airways that results in largely …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) both cause airway obstruction
and are associated with chronic inflammation of the airways. However, the nature and sites …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) involves chronic inflammation of the lung,
particularly in peripheral airways and parenchyma, which increases during acute …

CXCR3 is a chemokine receptor that is highly expressed on effector T cells and plays an
important role in T cell trafficking and function. CXCR3 is rapidly induced on naïve cells …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous syndrome associated
with abnormal inflammatory immune responses of the lung to noxious particles and gases …

The homing of proinflammatory (M1) and the “alternatively activated” anti-inflammatory (M2)
macrophages plays a different role in the process of inflammation. Chemokines are the …

CXCR3 is a chemokine receptor that is rapidly induced on naïve T cells following activation,
and preferentially remains highly expressed on type‐1 helper (Th1)‐type CD4+ T cells …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are both obstructive airway
diseases that involve chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract, but the type of …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are very common inflammatory
diseases of the airways. They both cause airway narrowing and are increasing in incidence …

This review is an account of how pulmonary damage caused by cigarette smoke and other
environmental toxins can incite inflammatory and immunologic reactions that culminate in …