Asthma and COPD are the most prevalent of lung diseases and contribute an enormous
burden of morbidity in North America and globally. In both conditions, inflammation leads to …

Localized singlet diradicals (biradicals) are key intermediates in chemical reactions involving
homolytic bond-cleavage and formation processes. The molecular structure and electronic …

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a novel clinical disease entity characterized by elevated
serum IgG4 concentration and tumefaction or tissue infiltration by IgG4+ plasma cells. …

We used a pulsed Doppler technique to examine the flow velocity pattern in the right
ventricular outflow tract in 33 adults. In the patients with normal pulmonary artery pressure (mean …

Chronic cough is a major clinical problem. The causes of chronic cough can be categorized
into eosinophilic and noneosinophilic disorders, the former being comprised of asthma, …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by the presence of airflow
obstruction caused by emphysema or airway narrowing, or both. Low attenuation areas (LAA) …

… When wild-type extracts are prepared in the presence of 0.6 M NaCl, ZEN-4 migrates as a
… The upper panels show the distribution of microtubules (the scale bar indicates 20 m); the …

Background—Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disorder in obese
subjects. Visceral fat accumulation (VFA) is a better predictor of coronary heart disease than …

Study objectives:To evaluate the long-term clinical course of patients with idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) complicated with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Design:Prospective …

Investigating proteins ‘at work’ in a living environment at atomic resolution is a major goal of
molecular biology, which has not been achieved even though methods for the three-…