Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major public health problem. It is
the fourth leading cause of chronic morbidity and mortality in the United States, and is …

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide. Tobacco smoking is established as a major risk factor, but emerging evidence …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a leading cause of death and disability, but has
only recently been extensively explored from a cellular and molecular perspective. There is a …

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

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by chronic
airway inflammation that is greater in patients with advanced disease. We asked whether there …

This Executive Summary of the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention
of COPD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2017 report …

Asthma is a serious health problem throughout the world. During the past two decades, many
scientific advances have improved our understanding of asthma and ability to manage and …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem, and since 2001,
the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published its strategy …

Background Interleukin-5 (IL-5) is essential for the formation of eosinophils, which are thought
to have a major role in the pathogenesis of asthma and other allergic diseases. We aimed …