In the absence of effective interventions to prevent preterm births, improved survival of
infants who are born at the biological limits of viability has relied on advances in perinatal …

Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease affecting more than 300 million people
worldwide. Clinical features of asthma and its immunological and molecular etiology vary …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common chronic lung disease in infants and
is associated with increased mortality, respiratory morbidity, neurodevelopmental …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is one of the few diseases in neonatal medicine that
has continued to evolve since its first description about 50 years ago. Over these years …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in
preterm infants. A key histopathological feature of BPD is stunted late lung development …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), also known as chronic lung disease, is the most
common respiratory morbidity in preterm infants.“Old” or “classic” BPD, as per the original …

Healthy lungs are not sterile. In the last decade, it was demonstrated that the healthy lung
has its specific microbiota. It is much smaller in numerical terms, compared to the gut …

In the pathogenesis of asthma in children there is a pivotal role for a type 2 inflammatory
response to early life exposures or events. Interactions between infections, atopy, genetic …

Background Supplemental oxygen impairs lung development in newborn infants with
respiratory distress. Lactobacillus johnsonii supplementation attenuates respiratory viral …

Emerging evidence suggests that adverse early life events can affect long-term health
trajectories throughout life. Preterm birth, in particular, is a significant early life event that …