Bronchoalveolar eosinophilia during allergen-induced late asthmatic reactions

JGR De Monchy, HF Kauffman, P Venge… - American review of …, 1985 - atsjournals.org
In order to obtain information about the nature of the local inflammatory process during late
asthmatic reactions after house dust mite inhalation, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was …

[HTML][HTML] Preoperative staging of non–small-cell lung cancer with positron-emission tomography

RM Pieterman, JWG van Putten… - … England Journal of …, 2000 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Determining the stage of non–small-cell lung cancer often requires multiple
preoperative tests and invasive procedures. Whole-body positron-emission tomography …

Ongoing airway inflammation in patients with COPD who do not currently smoke

SR Rutgers, DS Postma, NHT ten Hacken… - Thorax, 2000 - thorax.bmj.com
BACKGROUND Inflammatory changes in the airways in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) are largely attributed to smoking, yet they may be present even if patients …

A systematic review of the effects of bronchodilators on exercise capacity in patients with COPD

JJW Liesker, PJ Wijkstra, NHT Ten Hacken, GH Koëter… - Chest, 2002 - Elsevier
One of the major goals of bronchodilator therapy in patients with COPD is to decrease
airflow limitation in the airways and, as a consequence, improve dyspnea and exercise …

A comparison between an outpatient hospital-based pulmonary rehabilitation program and a home-care pulmonary rehabilitation program in patients with COPD: a …

JH Strijbos, DS Postma, R Van Altena, F Gimeno… - Chest, 1996 - Elsevier
Aim In this study, the effects of a 12-week hospital-based outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation
program (HRP) are compared with those of a 12-week home-care rehabilitation program …

PC20 Adenosine 5 ′ -Monophosphate Is More Closely Associated with Airway Inflammation in Asthma Than PC20 Methacholine

M Van Den BERGE, RJ MEIJER… - American Journal of …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
Inhalation of a direct stimulus such as histamine or methacholine is generally used to
measure bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR). Provocation with adenosine 5 …

Cigarette smoke-induced blockade of the mitochondrial respiratory chain switches lung epithelial cell apoptosis into necrosis

M van der Toorn, DJ Slebos… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
Increased lung cell apoptosis and necrosis occur in patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). Mitochondria are crucially involved in the regulation of these …

Lipid-soluble components in cigarette smoke induce mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species in lung epithelial cells

M Van Der Toorn, D Rezayat… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) present in cigarette smoke (CS) are thought to contribute to
the development of COPD. Although CS-ROS can hardly enter airway epithelial cells, and …

Depressive symptoms as predictors of mortality in patients with COPD

JN de Voogd, JB Wempe, GH Koëter, K Postema… - Chest, 2009 - Elsevier
Objective Prognostic studies of mortality in patients with COPD have mostly focused on
physiologic variables, with little attention to depressive symptoms. This stands in sharp …

Risk factors for growth and decline of lung function in asthmatic individuals up to age 42 years: a 30-year follow-up study

MH Grol, J Gerritsen, JM Vonk, JP Schouten… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
Little is known about factors determining the outcome of childhood asthma. The purpose of
this longitudinal study was to assess the factors in childhood that determine the level of …