Chronic Obstructive Asthma

The inclusion of an asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap syndrome (ACOS) population in the 2015 Global… (More)

Hypoxia was identified as a mediator of lung fibrosis in patients with chronic obstructive asthma (COA). Overexpression of a… (More)

BACKGROUND Fibrocytes express several chemokine receptors (CCR7 and CXCR4) that regulate their recruitment and trafficking into… (More)

RATIONALE Fibrocytes possess increased differentiability into α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA)(+) myofibroblasts in chronic… (More)

BACKGROUND Fibrocytes are circulating progenitor cells that are increased in asthmatic patients with chronic obstructive asthma… (More)

OBJECTIVES Acupuncture and acupressure are known to relieve symptoms associated with asthma, but the benefits to patients with… (More)

OBJECTIVE To determine whether length of stay (LOS) for asthma admissions at a local university-affiliated children's hospital… (More)