Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 ( PTPN2 ) is a tyrosine phosphatase involved in T cell receptor signal ...

Correspondence to Professor Talat Islam, Department of Population and Public Health Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA-90033, USA; islam{at}usc.edu Rationale Despite high ...

Background Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) causes debilitating breathlessness and predicting survival is challenging. This study aimed to obtain contemporary data on survival by underlying tumour ...

Background: Quadriceps weakness and loss of muscle mass predict mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It was hypothesised that a reduced quadriceps cross-sectional area could be ...

Obesity is a major problem from a public health perspective and a difficult practical matter for intensivists. The obesity pandemic has required treating clinicians to develop an appreciation of the ...

Department of Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark Background: Little is known about ...

BACKGROUND The development of asthma seems to be influenced by the adoption of a Western lifestyle. A study was undertaken to assess the importance of indoor environmental factors in Nepal where the ...

1 Southampton NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, University of Southampton School of ...

5 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Southend University Hospital, Southend, UK Correspondence to B R O'Driscoll, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal University Hospital, Salford M6 8HD ...

Correspondence to Professor Ian Hall, Division of Therapeutics, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; ian.hall{at}nottingham.ac.uk In July 2021, the UK Office of Life Sciences (OLS)1 ...

BACKGROUND Sputum induction is an important non-invasive technique for measuring airway inflammation in asthma. Cell numbers are often too low for flow cytometric analysis. Laser scanning cytometry ...

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis are common diagnoses in patients attending chest clinics, but little is known about the epidemiology of these diseases. We used data ...