Abstract:
:Small airways disease (SAD) is a cardinal feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) first recognized in the nineteenth century. The diverse histopathological features associated with SAD underpin the heterogeneous nature of COPD. Our understanding of the key molecular mechanisms which drive the pathological changes are not complete. In this article we will provide a historical overview of key histopathological studies which have helped shape our understanding of SAD and discuss the hallmark features of airway remodelling, mucous plugging and inflammation. We focus on the relationship between SAD and emphysema, SAD in the early stages of COPD, and the mechanisms which cause SAD progression, including bacterial colonization and exacerbations. We discuss the need to specifically target SAD to attenuate the progression of COPD.
journal_name
Respir Resjournal_title
Respiratory researchauthors
Higham A,Quinn AM,Cançado JED,Singh Ddoi
10.1186/s12931-019-1017-ysubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-03-04 00:00:00pages
49issue
1eissn
1465-9921issn
1465-993Xpii
10.1186/s12931-019-1017-yjournal_volume
20pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Transposable elements (TEs) are a class of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) that were long regarded as junk DNA, which make up approximately 45% of the genome. Although most of these elements are rendered inactive by mutations and other gene silencing mechanisms, TEs such as long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs) ar...
journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-14-99
更新日期:2013-10-05 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment is troublesome, due to long therapy duration, quick therapeutic response which allows the patient to disregard about the rest of their treatment and the lack of motivation on behalf of the patient for improved. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a...
journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-13-75
更新日期:2012-09-02 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-11-71
更新日期:2010-06-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-017-0611-0
更新日期:2017-06-30 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-12-21
更新日期:2011-02-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-020-01600-z
更新日期:2021-01-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/s12931-018-0837-5
更新日期:2018-08-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-6-10
更新日期:2005-01-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-018-0759-2
更新日期:2018-04-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-12-6
更新日期:2011-01-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-015-0229-z
更新日期:2015-06-13 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-020-1291-8
更新日期:2020-02-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-8-88
更新日期:2007-11-29 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-016-0423-7
更新日期:2016-08-31 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-019-0997-y
更新日期:2019-02-11 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-9-49
更新日期:2008-05-30 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-018-0795-y
更新日期:2018-06-06 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-017-0551-8
更新日期:2017-04-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-020-01469-y
更新日期:2020-08-03 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-13-63
更新日期:2012-07-31 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-8-30
更新日期:2007-04-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-016-0410-z
更新日期:2016-07-29 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-13-46
更新日期:2012-06-14 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-11-5
更新日期:2010-01-19 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-016-0480-y
更新日期:2016-12-07 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-8-23
更新日期:2007-03-12 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-13-99
更新日期:2012-11-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12931-017-0680-0
更新日期:2017-11-22 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1465-9921-8-42
更新日期:2007-06-13 00:00:00
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journal_title:Respiratory research
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1186/s12931-017-0636-4
更新日期:2017-08-18 00:00:00