Loretta Georgina Que

Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · November 2024 Rationale: Meta-analyses have suggested the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events is significantly higher after a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. However, many of these studies have included a broad array of CVD events or h ... Full text Link to item Cite

Feasibility of remote spirometry monitoring of asthma in pregnancy.

Journal Article Respir Med · November 2024 Full text Link to item Cite

Predictive signature of murine and human host response to typical and atypical pneumonia.

Journal Article BMJ Open Respir Res · August 3, 2024 BACKGROUND: Pneumonia due to typical bacterial, atypical bacterial and viral pathogens can be difficult to clinically differentiate. Host response-based diagnostics are emerging as a complementary diagnostic strategy to pathogen detection. METHODS: We used ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tuberculosis Is Associated with Chronic Hypoxemia among Kenyan Adults (CHAKA): A Case-Control Study.

Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · August 2024 Rationale: Data on risk factors for chronic hypoxemia in low- and middle-income countries are lacking. Objectives: We aimed to quantify the association between potential risk factors and chronic hypoxemia among adults hospitalized in Kenya. Methods: A hosp ... Full text Link to item Cite

SARS-CoV-2 viremia but not respiratory viral load is associated with respiratory complications in patients with severe COVID-19.

Journal Article BMC Pulm Med · July 29, 2024 BACKGROUND: Severe COVID-19 carries a high morbidity and mortality. Previous studies have shown an association between COVID-19 severity and SARS-CoV-2 viral load (VL). We sought to measure VL in multiple compartments (urine, plasma, lower respiratory trac ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tissue-Resident Alveolar Macrophages Reduce Ozone-induced Inflammation via MerTK-mediated Efferocytosis.

Journal Article Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol · June 2024 Lung inflammation, caused by acute exposure to ozone (O3), one of the six criteria air pollutants, is a significant source of morbidity in susceptible individuals. Alveolar macrophages (AMØs) are the most abundant immune cells in the normal lung, and their ... Full text Link to item Cite

Cluster Analysis to Identify Long COVID Phenotypes Using 129Xe Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Multi-centre Evaluation.

Journal Article Eur Respir J · February 8, 2024 BACKGROUND: Long COVID impacts ∼10% of people diagnosed with COVID-19, yet the pathophysiology driving ongoing symptoms is poorly understood. We hypothesised that 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could identify unique pulmonary phenotypic subgroups o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Short-term cardiovascular events after bariatric surgery in patients with metabolic syndrome.

Journal Article Surg Obes Relat Dis · January 2024 BACKGROUND: Patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease along with other adverse events after bariatric surgery. OBJECTIVES: The incidence of short-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in pa ... Full text Link to item Cite

Altered ontogeny and transcriptomic signatures of tissue-resident pulmonary interstitial macrophages ameliorate allergic airway hyperresponsiveness.

Journal Article Front Immunol · 2024 INTRODUCTION: Environmental exposures and experimental manipulations can alter the ontogenetic composition of tissue-resident macrophages. However, the impact of these alterations on subsequent immune responses, particularly in allergic airway diseases, re ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of alpha globin gene copy number with exhaled nitric oxide in a cross-sectional study of healthy Black adults.

Journal Article BMJ Open Respir Res · December 20, 2023 INTRODUCTION: The genetic determinants of fractional exhalation of nitric oxide (FeNO), a marker of lung inflammation, are understudied in Black individuals. Alpha globin (HBA) restricts nitric oxide signalling in arterial endothelial cells via interaction ... Full text Link to item Cite

Considering Diversity in Pulmonary Function Testing

Journal Article American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · November 15, 2023 Full text Cite

Prevalence and phenotypic trajectories of hypoxaemia among hospitalised adults in Kenya: a single-centre, prospective cohort study.

Journal Article BMJ Open · September 18, 2023 OBJECTIVE: Global medical oxygen security is limited by knowledge gaps in hypoxaemia burden and oxygen access in low-income and middle-income countries. We examined the prevalence and phenotypic trajectories of hypoxaemia among hospitalised adults in Kenya ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Efficacy and tolerability of zinc acetate for treatment of chronic refractory cough: pilot randomised futility trial.

Journal Article ERJ Open Res · March 2023 BACKGROUND: Cough is the most reported symptom in the United States, with chronic refractory cough representing significant morbidity to patients. Zinc acetate may have beneficial effects in the cough reflex pathway. We sought to assess the safety and effi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interplay between Immune and Airway Smooth Muscle Cells in Obese Asthma.

Journal Article Am J Respir Crit Care Med · February 15, 2023 Full text Link to item Cite

Roflumilast May Increase Risk of Exacerbations When Used to Treat Poorly Controlled Asthma in People with Obesity.

Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · February 2023 Rationale: People with obesity often have severe, difficult-to-control asthma. There is a need to develop better treatments for this population. One potential treatment is roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, as it is reported to have efficacy for ... Full text Link to item Cite

Vertical sleeve gastrectomy associates with airway hyperresponsiveness in a murine model of allergic airway disease and obesity.

Journal Article Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) · 2023 INTRODUCTION: Asthma is a chronic airway inflammatory disease marked by airway inflammation, remodeling and hyperresponsiveness to allergens. Allergic asthma is normally well controlled through the use of beta-2-adrenergic agonists and inhaled corticostero ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Effects of Oxidative Stress on Airway Epithelium Permeability in Asthma and Potential Implications for Patients with Comorbid Obesity.

Journal Article J Asthma Allergy · 2023 20 million adults and 4.2 million children in the United States have asthma, a disease resulting in inflammation and airway obstruction in response to various factors, including allergens and pollutants and nonallergic triggers. Obesity, another highly pre ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Asthma, Airflow Obstruction, and Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation Prevalence in Western Kenya: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Journal Article Int J Public Health · 2023 Objectives: Determine the prevalence of airway disease (e.g., asthma, airflow obstruction, and eosinophilic airway inflammation) in Kenya, as well as related correlates of airway disease and health-related quality of life. Methods: A three-stage, cluster-r ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Effects of biological therapies on patients with Type-2 high asthma and comorbid obesity.

Journal Article Front Pharmacol · 2023 Over 20 million adults and 6 million children in the United States (US) have asthma, a chronic respiratory disease characterized by airway inflammation, bronchoconstriction, and mucus hypersecretion. Obesity, another highly prevalent disease in the US, is ... Full text Link to item Cite

Age and Comorbidities Predict COVID-19 Outcome, Regardless of Innate Immune Response Severity: A Single Institutional Cohort Study.

Journal Article Crit Care Explor · December 2022 UNLABELLED: The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed over eight hundred thousand lives in the United States alone, with older individuals and those with comorbidities being at higher risk of severe disease and death. Although severe acute respiratory syndrome cor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electronic Cigarettes: A Pro-Con Review of the Current Literature.

Journal Article J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract · November 2022 Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, e-cigs, or electronic nicotine delivery systems) are battery-operated devices typically containing glycerol and/or propylene glycol-based solutions with varying nicotine content, known as e-liquids. Although e-cigarette ... Full text Link to item Cite

Obesity and Asthma.

Journal Article Semin Respir Crit Care Med · October 2022 Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of asthma, and the prevalence of obesity is higher in people with asthma than in the general population. Obese people often have severe asthma-recent studies in the United States suggest that 60% of adults ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Clinical Trial of Losartan for Pulmonary Emphysema: Pulmonary Trials Cooperative Losartan Effects on Emphysema Progression Clinical Trial.

Journal Article Am J Respir Crit Care Med · October 1, 2022 Rationale: There are no pharmacologic agents that modify emphysema progression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of losartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker, to reduce emphysema progression ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Advances in Asthma.

Journal Article Semin Respir Crit Care Med · October 2022 Full text Link to item Cite

Suppression of Fibrinolysis and Hypercoagulability, Severity of Hypoxemia, and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Journal Article Anesthesiology · July 1, 2022 BACKGROUND: COVID-19 causes hypercoagulability, but the association between coagulopathy and hypoxemia in critically ill patients has not been thoroughly explored. This study hypothesized that severity of coagulopathy would be associated with acute respira ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of the oral corticosteroid-sparing effect of tezepelumab in adults with oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma (SOURCE): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study.

Journal Article Lancet Respir Med · July 2022 BACKGROUND: Tezepelumab is a human monoclonal antibody that blocks the activity of thymic stromal lymphopoietin. SOURCE evaluated the oral corticosteroid-sparing effect of tezepelumab in adults with oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma. METHODS: We conduct ... Full text Link to item Cite

Combining Heparin and a FX/Xa Aptamer to Reduce Thrombin Generation in Cardiopulmonary Bypass and COVID-19.

Journal Article Nucleic Acid Ther · June 2022 Known limitations of unfractionated heparin (UFH) have encouraged the evaluation of anticoagulant aptamers as alternatives to UFH in highly procoagulant settings such as cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Despite progress, these efforts have not been totally su ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Exogenous leptin enhances markers of airway fibrosis in a mouse model of chronic allergic airways disease.

Journal Article Respir Res · May 24, 2022 BACKGROUND: Asthma patients with comorbid obesity exhibit increased disease severity, in part, due to airway remodeling, which is also observed in mouse models of asthma and obesity. A mediator of remodeling that is increased in obesity is leptin. We hypot ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

DAMPs/PAMPs induce monocytic TLR activation and tolerance in COVID-19 patients; nucleic acid binding scavengers can counteract such TLR agonists.

Journal Article Biomaterials · April 2022 Millions of COVID-19 patients have succumbed to respiratory and systemic inflammation. Hyperstimulation of toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling is a key driver of immunopathology following infection by viruses. We found that severely ill COVID-19 patients in ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI Is Sensitive to Variations in Gas Exchange Impairment in Patients with Long Haul COVID-19 and Normal Cardiac Structure and Function

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Racial Disparities in Pulmonary and Quality of Life Outcomes Among COVID-19 Survivors in the Southeast

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Intensive Care Unit and Inpatient Admission for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Associated with Lower Forced Vital Capacity at 3 Months

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Effect of Obesity on Long Term Outcomes After COVID-19 Infection

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Leptin Augments Human Airway Fibroblast Invasion and IL-13-Induced Eotaxin Production in a Murine Model of Allergic Airway Disease

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A Role for MMP-19 in Mediating the Effects of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Chronically Allergen-Challenged Obese Mice

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Subgroup Analysis of a Randomized Trial of the Effects of Positive Messaging on Patient-Reported Outcomes with Asthma - Effect of Obesity.

Journal Article J Asthma Allergy · 2022 OBJECTIVE: Asthma in obese patients represents a specific phenotype that is associated with increased symptoms, more frequent and severe exacerbations, reduced responsiveness to treatment, and decreased quality of life. Marketing and placebos have been sho ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pharmacogenetic studies of long-acting beta agonist and inhaled corticosteroid responsiveness in randomised controlled trials of individuals of African descent with asthma.

Journal Article Lancet Child Adolesc Health · December 2021 BACKGROUND: Pharmacogenetic studies in asthma cohorts, primarily made up of White people of European descent, have identified loci associated with response to inhaled beta agonists and corticosteroids (ICSs). Differences exist in how individuals from diffe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide to Guide the Treatment of Asthma: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.

Journal Article Am J Respir Crit Care Med · November 15, 2021 Background: The fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) test is a point-of-care test that is used in the assessment of asthma. Objective: To provide evidence-based clinical guidance on whether FENO testing is indicated to optimize asthma treatment in patien ... Full text Link to item Cite

Wood smoke particle exposure in mice reduces the severity of influenza infection.

Journal Article Toxicol Appl Pharmacol · September 1, 2021 Elevated ambient temperatures and extreme weather events have increased the incidence of wildfires world-wide resulting in increased wood smoke particle (WSP). Epidemiologic data suggests that WSP exposure associates with exacerbations of respiratory disea ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Immunofibrotic drivers of impaired lung function in postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Journal Article JCI Insight · July 22, 2021 BACKGROUNDIndividuals recovering from COVID-19 frequently experience persistent respiratory ailments, which are key elements of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC); however, little is known about the underlying biological factors that may dir ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Multiplexed, quantitative serological profiling of COVID-19 from blood by a point-of-care test.

Journal Article Sci Adv · June 2021 Highly sensitive, specific, and point-of-care (POC) serological assays are an essential tool to manage coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here, we report on a microfluidic POC test that can profile the antibody response against multiple severe acute resp ... Full text Link to item Cite

Oxygen delivery systems for adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.

Journal Article J Glob Health · May 8, 2021 BACKGROUND: Respiratory diseases are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Oxygen is an essential medicine used to treat hypoxemia from respiratory diseases. However, the availability and utilization of oxygen delivery systems for adults in ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Using hyperpolarized 129Xe gas-exchange MRI to model the regional airspace, membrane, and capillary contributions to diffusing capacity.

Journal Article J Appl Physiol (1985) · May 1, 2021 Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI has emerged as a novel means to evaluate pulmonary function via 3D mapping of ventilation, interstitial barrier uptake, and RBC transfer. However, the physiological interpretation of these measurements has yet to be firmly establis ... Full text Link to item Cite

Immuno-fibrotic drivers of impaired lung function in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC).

Journal Article medRxiv · April 21, 2021 INTRODUCTION: Subjects recovering from COVID-19 frequently experience persistent respiratory ailments; however, little is known about the underlying biological factors that may direct lung recovery and the extent to which these are affected by COVID-19 sev ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Key Pathogenic Factors in Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Coagulopathy and Acute Lung Injury Highlighted in a Patient With Copresentation of Acute Myelocytic Leukemia: A Case Report.

Journal Article A A Pract · March 30, 2021 The role of concurrent illness in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unknown. Patients with leukemia may display altered thromboinflammatory responses. We report a 53-year-old man presenting with acute leukemia and COVID-19 who developed thrombotic com ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Abstract P102: Elevated Von Willebrand Factor in Patients Presenting With Large-Vessel Occlusion Stroke as First Symptom of COVID-19 Mirrors Levels in Patients With COVID-19 Requiring ICU-Level Care

Conference Stroke · March 2021 Introduction: COVID-19 is a coagulopathic disease marked by elevated d-dimers, fibrinogen, and von Willebrand factor (vWF) levels accompanying arterial and venous thrombosis. While the majority of thr ... Full text Cite

A Scoping Review of International Barriers to Asthma Medication Adherence Mapped to the Theoretical Domains Framework.

Journal Article J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract · January 2021 BACKGROUND: Internationally, adult asthma medication adherence rates are low. Studies characterizing variations in barriers by country are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a scoping review to characterize international variations in barriers to asthma medica ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of mild cognitive impairment and characteristic of COPD and overall health status in a cohort study.

Journal Article Expert Rev Respir Med · January 2021 Introduction: We evaluated risk factors and demographic characteristics of associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in patients with COPD. Methods: 220 individuals with COPD enrolled in a cohort study designed to evaluate anxiety conducted at 16 cli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genetic variation in surfactant protein-A2 alters responses to ozone.

Journal Article PLoS One · 2021 BACKGROUND: Increased exposure to Ozone (O3) is associated with adverse health effects in individuals afflicted with respiratory diseases. Surfactant protein-A (SP-A), encoded by SP-A1 and SP-A2, is the largest protein component in pulmonary surfactant and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Dysregulated Metabolism in the Pathophysiology of Non-Allergic Obese Asthma.

Journal Article J Asthma Allergy · 2021 Asthma is an obstructive airway disease that is characterized by reversible airway obstruction and is classically associated with atopic, TH2 driven inflammation. Landmark studies in the second half of the twentieth century identified eosinophils as a key ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Functional significance of 8-isoprostanes in sinonasal disease and asthma.

Journal Article Respir Med · 2021 BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate how 8-isoprostanes, used as a marker of airway oxidative stress, were related to sinus disease and asthma. METHODS: We analyzed samples and data from two separate studies, one investigating sinonasal ... Full text Link to item Cite

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Chronically Allergen-Challenged Obese Mice Increases Airway Hyperresponsiveness

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AdheRence to Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma (ARICA): A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

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Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Increased PPAR. Expression in Obese Mice Challenged with House Dust Mite

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Woodsmoke Particle Exposure in Mice Confers Protective Benefit Against PR8 Influenza Virus

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Use of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide to Guide the Treatment of Asthma An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Executive Summary

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Multiplexed, quantitative serological profiling of COVID-19 from a drop of blood by a point-of-care test.

Journal Article medRxiv · November 7, 2020 Highly sensitive, specific, and point-of-care (POC) serological assays are an essential tool to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we report on a microfluidic, multiplexed POC test that can profile the antibody response against multiple SARS-CoV-2 antigen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of Hypoxemia Among Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Western Kenya

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Patient, Provider and Community Stakeholder Recommendations for Asthma Interventions in Adult High-Risk Populations

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International Patient-Reported Barriers to Asthma Medication Adherence by Countries' Gross National Income and Presence of Universal Health Care

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Alpha Globin Copy Number and Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Black Individuals

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Deficiency in Paraoxonase 2 Increases Airway Hyper Responsiveness After Ozone Exposure in Mice

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Elevated Airway Oxidative Stress in Obese Asthma Is Correlated with Increased Airway Closure

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Chronic Leptin Administration in Lean, Allergen-Challenged Female Mice Promotes Small Airway Closure and Airway Fibrosis

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Glucagon Like Peptide 1 Attenuates Airway Hyperresponsiveness in a Mouse Model of Obese Allergic Asthma

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L-Citrulline increases nitric oxide and improves control in obese asthmatics.

Journal Article JCI Insight · December 19, 2019 BACKGROUNDThe airways of obese asthmatics have been shown to be NO deficient, and this contributes to airway dysfunction and reduced response to inhaled corticosteroids. In cultured airway epithelial cells, L-citrulline, a precursor of L-arginine recycling ... Full text Link to item Cite

Physiologic response to chronic house dust mite exposure in mice is dependent on lot characteristics.

Conference J Allergy Clin Immunol · November 2019 Physiological responses to HDM extracts are variable. To increase the transparency and reproducibility of published work, lot numbers, concentration of extract components, and methods for dose normalization need to be thoroughly reported. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bioenergetic Differences in the Airway Epithelium of Lean Versus Obese Asthmatics Are Driven by Nitric Oxide and Reflected in Circulating Platelets.

Journal Article Antioxid Redox Signal · October 1, 2019 Aims: Asthma, characterized by airway obstruction and hyper-responsiveness, is more severe and less responsive to treatment in obese subjects. While alterations in mitochondrial function and redox signaling have been implicated in asthma pathogenesis, it i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Step-Up Therapy in Black Children and Adults with Poorly Controlled Asthma.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · September 26, 2019 BACKGROUND: Morbidity from asthma is disproportionately higher among black patients than among white patients, and black patients constitute the minority of participants in trials informing treatment. Data indicate that patients with inadequately controlle ... Full text Link to item Cite

Efficient CD4Cre-Mediated Conditional KRas Expression in Alveolar Macrophages and Alveolar Epithelial Cells Causes Fatal Hyperproliferative Pneumonitis.

Journal Article J Immunol · September 1, 2019 The CD4Cre transgenic model has been widely used for T cell-specific gene manipulation. We report unexpected highly efficient Cre-mediated recombination in alveolar macrophages (AMFs), bronchial epithelial cells (BECs), and alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genetic Variation in Surfactant Protein-A2 Delays Resolution of Eosinophilia in Asthma.

Journal Article J Immunol · September 1, 2019 Surfactant protein-A (SP-A) is an important mediator of pulmonary immunity. A specific genetic variation in SP-A2, corresponding to a glutamine (Q) to lysine (K) amino acid substitution at position 223 of the lectin domain, was shown to alter the ability o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sex Modifies Acute Ozone-Mediated Airway Physiologic Responses.

Journal Article Toxicol Sci · June 1, 2019 Sex differences clearly exist in incidence, susceptibility, and severity of airway disease and in pulmonary responses to air pollutants such as ozone (O3). Prior rodent O3 exposure studies demonstrate sex-related differences in the expression of lung infla ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mometasone or Tiotropium in Mild Asthma with a Low Sputum Eosinophil Level.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · May 23, 2019 BACKGROUND: In many patients with mild, persistent asthma, the percentage of eosinophils in sputum is less than 2% (low eosinophil level). The appropriate treatment for these patients is unknown. METHODS: In this 42-week, double-blind, crossover trial, we ... Full text Link to item Cite

Control of antiviral innate immune response by protein geranylgeranylation.

Journal Article Sci Adv · May 2019 The mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS) orchestrates host antiviral innate immune response to RNA virus infection. However, how MAVS signaling is controlled to eradicate virus while preventing self-destructive inflammation remains obscure. Her ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

A Systematic Review of Patient- and Family-Level Inhaled Corticosteroid Adherence Interventions in Black/African Americans.

Journal Article J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract · April 2019 BACKGROUND: Inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) adherence rates are suboptimal among adult black/African Americans. Comprehensive studies characterizing the effectiveness and the methodological approaches to the development of interventions to improve ICS adheren ... Full text Link to item Cite

Does Obesity Increase Respiratory Tract Infections in Patients with Asthma?

Journal Article J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract · March 2019 BACKGROUND: Because respiratory tract infections (RTIs) precede most exacerbations, a better understanding of the risk factors of RTIs and RTI-associated exacerbations in patients with asthma is a pressing public health need. Obesity in patients with asthm ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sleeve gastrectomy surgery reduces airway resistance and inflammation in chronically allergen-challenged obese mice

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Identification of a Novel Inhibitor of Human Rhinovirus Replication and Inflammation in Airway Epithelial Cells.

Journal Article Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol · January 2019 Human rhinovirus (RV), the major cause of the common cold, triggers the majority of acute airway exacerbations in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nitric oxide, and the related metabolite S-nitrosoglutathione, are produced in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Identifying an at-risk population for poor asthma outcomes: Data from the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Trials Registry.

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AdheRence to Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma (ARICA): Intervention Development

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L-Citrulline as Add-On Therapy to Increase Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Improve Lung Function and Asthma Control in Obese Asthmatics

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Up-Regulation of Paraoxonase 2 in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells

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Replacement of Fetal-Derived with Bone Marrow-Derived Pulmonary Resident Macrophages Reduces House Dust Mite-Induced Airway Hyperresponsiveness

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Test Performance Characteristics of the AIR, GAD-7, and HADS-Anxiety Screening Questionnaires for Anxiety in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · August 2018 Rationale: Anxiety is a common comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. We evaluated three anxiety screening questionnaires: the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale (GAD-7), t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effect of the S-nitrosoglutathione reductase inhibitor N6022 on bronchial hyperreactivity in asthma.

Journal Article Immun Inflamm Dis · June 2018 RATIONALE: Patients with asthma demonstrate depletion of the endogenous bronchodilator GSNO and upregulation of GSNOR. OBJECTIVES: An exploratory proof of concept clinical study of N6022 in mild asthma to determine the potential bronchoprotective effects o ... Full text Link to item Cite

iNKT cells require TSC1 for terminal maturation and effector lineage fate decisions.

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Factors associated with reporting results for pulmonary clinical trials in ClinicalTrials.gov.

Journal Article Clin Trials · February 2018 Background/aims The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act mandates that applicable clinical trials report basic summary results to the ClinicalTrials.gov database within 1 year of trial completion or termination. We aimed to determine the proportion ... Full text Link to item Cite

Development and validation of an electronic medical record (EMR)-based computed phenotype of HIV-1 infection.

Journal Article J Am Med Inform Assoc · February 1, 2018 BACKGROUND: Electronic medical record (EMR) computed algorithms allow investigators to screen thousands of patient records to identify specific disease cases. No computed algorithms have been developed to detect all cases of human immunodeficiency virus (H ... Full text Link to item Cite

Validation of spirometry prediction equations in western Kenya.

Journal Article Int J Tuberc Lung Dis · January 1, 2018 SETTING: Community of Eldoret, Kenya. OBJECTIVE: To test the performance of three commonly used spirometry prediction equations in a healthy Kenyan population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional assessment of healthy adults in Eldoret. RESULTS: Of the 331 subjects en ... Full text Link to item Cite