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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency state of the art /

“…Advances in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) : new mechanisms, management strategies and treatments,…”
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Pulmonary rehabilitation focusing on rehabilitative exercise

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Protease-antiprotease balance

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Pathophysiology of COPD and Emphysema -- Carl-Bertil Laurell -- Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency -- Effects of neutrophil elastase -- Augmentation therapy -- Anti inflammatory effects -- Testing emphysema progression -- Emphysema with normal lung function -- Alternative approach for assessing emphysema -- The complexity of neutrophil biology -- Processes of neutrophil movement -- Elastase concentration change -- Quantum proteolytic events of neutrophils -- Destructive potential of neutrophils -- Chemotaxis -- Neutrophils and COPD -- Monitoring neutrophil elastase activity in vivo -- Elastase inhibitors -- Role of proteinases in emphysema -- The other neutrophil serine proteinases -- The smoking mouse -- Alveoli in smokers vs. non smokers -- Effects of TNF alpha polymorphisms -- The roles of MMPs.…”
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Oxidative stress in COPD

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Long acting bronchodilators in COPD

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Managing co-morbidity in COPD

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Mechanisms of exacerbations of COPD and relation to exacerbation therapy

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Definition of exacerbations -- Breakdown of virus directed exacerbations -- Pollution and COPD -- Importance of exacerbations -- Eclipse study -- Poet study -- Torch study -- Inspire study -- Antibiotic use in COPD patients -- Non-pharmacological interventions.…”
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Treatment of COPD exacerbations

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Treatment of COPD based on the underlying conditions -- The most important causes of COPD exacerbations: viral and bacterial infections -- Use of antibiotics in COPD -- Treatment of patients who develop respiratory failure.…”
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The continuum of COPD a physiological perspective /

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Clinical phenotypes of COPD

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Inflammatory and immune mechanisms in COPD

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Amplification of inflammation in COPD -- Inflammatory cells involved in COPD -- Role of macrophages in orchestrating inflammation -- Defective macrophage phagocytosis in COPD -- Mechanism of corticosteroid resistance in COPD -- Role of Nrf2.…”
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COPD and asthma similarities and differences /

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New pharmacological therapies for COPD

Table of Contents: “…Contents: New treatments for COPD include long-acting bronchodilators and combinations -- Mediator antagonists, including chemokine antagonists -- Broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory treatments -- Reversal of corticosteroid resistance by increasing HDAC2.…”
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COPD in never smokers

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Non-smoking risk factors -- Indoor air pollution, especially biomass fuel, burning of mosquito coil -- Outdoor air pollution -- Occupational causes -- Poorly treated asthma -- Post pulmonary tuberculosis -- Early life environmental factors, especially nutrition and socio-economic factors -- Need for more research and better understanding in this field.…”
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The pathology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Genetics of COPD

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Obesity and asthma

“…Advances in asthma : new mechanisms, management strategies and treatments,…”
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Role of the microbiota in asthma

“…Advances in asthma : new mechanisms, management strategies and treatments,…”
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COPD treatment case I COPD with "bronchitis attacks" /

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Tailoring care for advanced COPD

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