Background: Because they have chronic airway inflammation, adults with asthma could have symptomatic exacerbation after exposure to second hand smoke (SHS). Surprisingly, data on the effects of SHS ...

Introduction Despite impressive progress in development of human pulmonary organoid models, majority of these models are comprised predominantly of epithelial cells, with just a few reporting presence ...

Background Efficient therapy and potential prophylaxis are confounded by current ignorance of the pathogenesis of airway remodelling and blockade in COPD. Objective To explore the role of the ...