The role that eosinophilic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) plays in the pathogenesis of COPD is not well understood, given the lack of evidence about the subject. A review focusing on the ...

In a subset of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), increased levels of circulating eosinophils were found in lung tissue, sputum, and blood during stable disease and ...

Adequate management of COPD is important because hospitalisation for an acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) is associated ...

Over the past years, many details of the molecular pathogenesis of COPD have been revealed. This has offered new points of possible interventions, many of which are currently under investigation. This ...

Autoimmunity plays a role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study that analyzed human genome information. Autoimmunity plays a role in the ...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently coexist, and their concurrence is associated with ...

Charles Burger, MD: Pulmonary hypertension really refers to a state where the right heart is generating high pressures to circulate the blood through the lung. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a ...

Moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be an auto-immunity problem, according to researchers who studied the presence of auto-antibodies in patients with COPD and compared ...