Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways that may result from exposure to allergens
or other environmental irritants, resulting in bronchoconstriction, wheezing, and shortness of …

Early-Life Origins of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | New England Journal of Medicine
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Demographic and epidemiological transitions are changing the age structure of the
population and the most common diseases. Non-communicable respiratory diseases are an …

Chronic airflow limitation is the common denominator of patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). However, it is not possible to predict morbidity and mortality of …

The main risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is active smoking.
However, a considerable amount of people with COPD never smoked, and increasing …

COPD, characterized by long-term poorly irreversible airway limitation and persistent
respiratory symptoms, has resulted in enormous challenges to human health worldwide …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diagnosed by reduced lung function, is a
leading cause of morbidity and mortality. We performed whole genome sequence (WGS) …

Egg number (EN), egg laying rate (LR) and age at first egg (AFE) are important production
traits related to egg production in poultry industry. To better understand the knowledge of …

Pulmonary function is an indicator of well-being, and pulmonary pathologies are the third
major cause of death worldwide. We analysed the UK Biobank genome-wide association …

Impaired lung function in early life is associated with the subsequent development of chronic
respiratory disease. Most genetic associations with lung function have been identified in …