Sets upregulated toward distal lungs are shown in green, whereas sets downregulated are shown in blue. The full name of the term marked by an asterisk is ‘Antigen processing and presentation of exogenous peptide antigen via MHC-I’. c, Cell type proportions per sample, along the proximal-to...
Interstitial lung infections scar and inflame your lungs, leading to shortness of breath and other serious problems. Types of Interstitial Lung Disease All forms of ILD cause the interstitium to thicken. This can happen frominflammation, scarring, or a buildup of fluid. Some forms of ILD last...
Chronic bronchitis develops when the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs become inflamed. This inflammation develops slowly over time, and causes patients to experience long-term breathing problems and a cough that brings up phlegm. An Overview of Bronchitis Emphysema Emphysema, along ...
Reportedly, only about one-third of children or adults were using long-term control medicine such as inhaled corticosteroids. The medical costs of asthma are estimated at US$50.1 billion. Asthma prevalence increased in the USA from the 1980s to the 1990s, growing from 3.5 percent to 5.5 ...
As a consequence, outcome is not only determined by the circulatory and gas exchange capacity of the lungs at birth, but also by the extent of secondary adaptations of the pulmonary architecture to the mostly precocious exposure to extrauterine environment and medical intervention. Before the ...
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Although smoking-related lung cancers continue to account for the majority of diagnoses, smoking rates have been decreasing for several decades. Lung cancer in individuals who have never smoked (LCINS) is estimated to be the...
This inflammation is thought to contribute greatly to the long-term damage that asthma can cause to the lungs. And, therefore, treating this inflammation is key to managing asthma in the long run. ●Airway irritability. The airways of people with asthma are extremely sensitive. The airways ...
Interstitial lung diseaseis an overarching term for a wide range of disorders characterized by inflammation and/orfibrosisin the lungs. Most prevalent forms, among others, includeidiopathic pulmonary fibrosis(IPF) andconnective tissue diseaseassociatedinterstitial lung disease(CTD-ILD). Currently, only dis...
12).50 PET can help in detecting recurrence in the pelvis as well as metastatic spread to extrapelvic locations such as the lungs and abdomen. FDG-PET/CT has a sensitivity of 90%-100%, a specificity of 78%-93%, and an accuracy of 87%-96% in the detection of recurrent disease in ...
Duration(持续时间) Long term(长期)[1] Risk factors(与发病关联的风险因素) Tobacco smoking(吸烟)[4] Diagnostic method(诊断方法) Biopsy(活体取样检查), medical imaging(医学影像)[1] Differential diagnosis(鉴别诊断,排除多种可能性疾病) Irritable bowel syndrome(肠易激综合征), celiac disease(腹泻疾病)...