Twitter Google Share on Facebook restrictive lung disease Acronyms Pulmonology A general term that encompasses the functional aspects of interstitial lung disease Etiology-Acute Infections–miliary TB, histoplasmosis, PCP, CMV, fungal; RT; pulmonary edema, inhalation-byssinosis; aspiration; Goodpasture's...
Occupational lung disease (OLD) refers to a variety of disorders that affect the lungs following inhalation of dusts or chemical antigens in the work setting. OLD is an important public health issue and responsible for approximately 70% of all deaths from occupational diseases (Weston, IARC Sci ...
Treatment may be able prevent the progressive accumulation of scar tissue (fibrosis) in newly transplanted lungs that eventually cause those organs to fail, researchers at the University of ...Read more January 18, 2017 European Researchers Awarded €29M Grant to Assess RSV Lung Infections ...
Blood pressure increases in the arteries that feed the lungs. This strains the right side of the heart. Eventually, heart failure may develop. Blood backs up in the liver, abdomen and legs.Chronic bronchitis also makes you prone to frequent respiratory infections. It increases the risk of ...
Along with SAVI syndrome, COPI coat complex subunit alpha (COPA) syndrome, whose pathophysiology has recently been associated with constitutive activation of STING signaling, is the only type I interferonopathy that predominantly involves the lungs. SAVI might also resemble juvenile systemic lupus ...
The extracellular matrix (ECM) has historically been explored through proteomic methods. Whether or not global transcriptomics can yield meaningful information on the human matrisome is unknown. Gene expression data from 17,382 samples across 52 tissues,
According to the current list of occupational diseases asbestos-caused lung cancer can be acknowledged under certain conditions as occupational disease No. 4104. A closer characterization of the term lung cancer under histological aspects was not carried out. The question is, whether rare epithelial ...
While examining the literature, we found that all three genes have similar levels of gene expression in a number of tissues including the lungs. Additionally, proteomic assays reveal high expression in platelet blood cells for SH3RF156, which are shown to influence chronic airway obstruction in ...
Coxsackieviruses are RNA viruses that may cause hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), as well as disease of muscles, lungs, and... CRE Infection CRE infection (Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae) is a type of bacteria that is highly resistant to antibiotics... Cryptococcosis Cryptococcosis...
26. 95% of Americans support organ donation, while only 54% are registered donors. (Penn Medicine) One organ donor can help save 8 lives by donating eyes, kidneys, lungs, intestines, liver, tissue, pancreas, and heart. In fact, one tissue donor can help 75 people by donating heart valve...