Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined as a disease state characterized
by poorly reversible airflow limitation that is usually both progressive and associated with an …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a family of particles/vesicles present in blood and body
fluids, composed of phospholipid bilayers that carry a variety of molecules that can mediate …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by airflow limitation. Since
flow is the result of a driving pressure that promotes flow and of an opposing resistance that …

To investigate whether the inflammatory process in peripheral airways is different in smokers
who develop symptoms of chronic bronchitis and chronic airflow limitation and in …

Previous studies have shown an increased number of inflammatory cells and, in particular,
CD8+ ve cells in the airways of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

To determine whether patients with fixed airflow obstruction have distinct pathologic and
functional characteristics depending on a history of either asthma or chronic obstructive …

To examine the nature and the degree of airway inflammation in chronic bronchitis during
exacerbations, bronchial biopsies and sputum were obtained in 11 subjects with chronic …

To quantify the number of goblet cells and inflammatory cells in the epithelium of peripheral
airways in smokers with both symptoms of chronic bronchitis and chronic airflow limitation …

CXCR3 is a chemokine receptor preferentially expressed on lymphocytes, particularly on
type-1 T-lymphocytes. Smokers who develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

To characterize the inflammatory process in the bronchial glands of smokers with chronic
sputum production, we examined lobar bronchi from 18 subjects undergoing lung resection …