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Expiratory flow limitation and breathing strategies in overweight adolescents during submaximal exerciseYoung people who are overweight/obese are more likely to display expFL during submaximal exercise compared with children of healthy weight.
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Regional Differences in Susceptibiity of Bronchial Epithelium to Mesenchymal Transition and Inhibition by the Macrolide Antibiotic AzithromycinDysregulated repair following epithelial injury is a key forerunner of disease in many organs, and the acquisition of a mesenchymal phenotype by the injured...
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DNA Methylation Profiles of Airway Epithelial Cells and PBMCs from Healthy, Atopic and Asthmatic ChildrenAllergic inflammation is commonly observed in a number of conditions that are associated with atopy including asthma, eczema and rhinitis.
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Characterization of maximal respiratory pressures in healthy childrenMeasurements of maximal voluntary inspiratory (Pi max) and expiratory (Pe max) pressures are used in the management of respiratory muscle disease...
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Infection, inflammation,and lung function decline in infants with cystic fibrosisBetter understanding of evolution of lung function in infants with cystic fibrosis...
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Defective function at the epithelial junction: A novel therapeutic frontier in asthma?The airway epithelium forms a highly regulated physical barrier that normally prevents invasion of inhaled pathogens and allergens from the airway lumen.
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Vitamin D and atopy and asthma phenotypes in children: a longitudinal cohort studyVitamin D has been linked in some studies with atopy- and asthma-associated phenotypes in children with established disease,but its role in disease inception...
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Initial acquisition and succession of the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome is associated with disease progression in infants and preschool childrenWe characterized the lower airways microbiome using BAL samples obtained from clinically stable CF young children who underwent bronchoscopy and chest CT.
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CrossTalk opposing view: Mucosal acidification does not drive early progressive lung disease in cystic fibrosisWhether airway mucosal acidification drives early progressive lung disease is controversial
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Protocol for a study of the psychosocial determinants of health in early childhood among children with cystic fibrosisThis protocol outlines the study aims to investigate the causal effect of psychosocial functioning, parenting and attachment on physical health outcomes in...