Regulation of nitric oxide production in health and disease

YC Luiking, MPKJ Engelen… - Current Opinion in Clinical …, 2010‏ - journals.lww.com
Both lack and excess of nitric oxide production in diseases can have various important
implications in which dietary factors can play a modulating role. Future research is needed …

Exhaled nitric oxide in pulmonary diseases: a comprehensive review

PJ Barnes, RA Dweik, AF Gelb, PG Gibson, SC George… - Chest, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The upregulation of nitric oxide (NO) by inflammatory cytokines and mediators in central and
peripheral airway sites can be monitored easily in exhaled air. It is now possible to estimate …

Higher diversity of vegetable consumption is associated with less airway inflammation and prevalence of asthma in school‐aged children

FC Mendes, I Paciência… - Pediatric allergy and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background A diet rich in fruits and vegetables has been suggested to counteract the
oxidative stress and inflammation that characterize asthma. We aimed to assess the …

Inflammation and airway function in the lung periphery of patients with stable asthma

S Verbanck, D Schuermans, W Vincken - Journal of Allergy and Clinical …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: An important role for exhaled nitric oxide (NO) measurement could be in
the distinction between proximal and peripheral lung contributions to inflammation, with a …

Gas mixing in the airways and airspaces

S Verbanck, M Paiva - Comprehensive Physiology, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Basic physical concepts of diffusion, convection, and dispersion pertaining to gas transport
in the human airways are reviewed. Their incorporation into quantitative models of gas …

Partitioned exhaled nitric oxide to non-invasively assess asthma

JL Puckett, SC George - Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs, characterized by airway
hyperresponsiveness. Chronic repetitive bouts of acute inflammation lead to airway wall …

Clinical patterns in asthma based on proximal and distal airway nitric oxide categories

JL Puckett, RWE Taylor, SY Leu, OL Guijon… - Respiratory …, 2010‏ - Springer
Background The exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) signal is a marker of inflammation, and can be
partitioned into proximal [J'aw NO (nl/s), maximum airway flux] and distal contributions [CA …

Bronchial nitric oxide is related to symptom relief during fluticasone treatment in COPD

L Lehtimäki, H Kankaanranta… - European …, 2009‏ - publications.ersnet.org
High levels of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) predict favourable response to inhaled
corticosteroids in asthma, but the ability of exhaled NO or inflammatory markers in exhaled …

[HTML][HTML] Upper and lower airway nitric oxide levels in primary ciliary dyskinesia, cystic fibrosis and asthma

WT Walker, A Liew, A Harris, J Cole, JS Lucas - Respiratory medicine, 2013‏ - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) have abnormal ciliary
function and low nitric oxide levels. Nitric oxide (NO) biosynthesis is dependent on nitric …

Biomarkers in asthma

A Murugan, C Prys-Picard… - Current opinion in …, 2009‏ - journals.lww.com
To date, the best validated, and best performing biomarkers for clinical asthma appear to be
measures of inflammation in induced sputum, and measures of ENO. Some trials using ENO …