Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an evolving infectious disease that
dramatically spread all over the world in the early part of 2020. No studies have yet …

In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), exacerbations (ECOPD), characterized
by an acute deterioration in respiratory symptoms, are fundamental events impacting …

Over 200 years ago, René Laennec published the first description of emphysema, an
important pathobiological element of what is today known as chronic obstructive pulmonary …

This study has two goals. The first is to explain the geo-environmental determinants of the
accelerated diffusion of COVID-19 that is generating a high level of deaths. The second is to …

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are episodes of
symptom worsening which have significant adverse consequences for patients …

Update on Clinical Aspects of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | New England Journal of
Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

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

The healthy lung was long thought of as sterile, but recent advances using molecular
sequencing approaches have detected bacteria at low levels. Healthy lung bacteria largely …

Here we describe the development of a human lung'small airway-on-a-chip'containing a
differentiated, mucociliary bronchiolar epithelium and an underlying microvascular …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major global health problem that is
poorly treated by current therapies as it has proved difficult to treat the underlying …