Prostaglandins are lipid autacoids derived from arachidonic acid. They both sustain homeostatic functions and mediate pathogenic mechanisms, including the inflammatory response. They are generated ...

control, prednisone vs. another drug, or pre- vs. post-treatment with prednisone); and evaluating parameters before and after prednisone use, including values for sputum eosinophils, sputum eosinophil ...

†Present address: Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milan-Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy. Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since ...

Meanwhile, investigation into biomarkers such as CD4 and CD8 T cells, white blood cells, eosinophil count, lymphocyte or monocyte count, and interleukins (ILs) has not provided adequate answers ...

yahoo.com Background It has been claimed that exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) could be regarded as a surrogate marker for sputum eosinophil count in patients with asthma. However, the FeNO threshold value ...

ECP is a marker of the activity and turnover of the eosinophil granulocyte. [4] Our study was designed to examine P-ET levels in paediatric patients newly diagnosed with mild persistent bronchial ...

Among patients without CB, no effect was seen in those with low BECs, but a 56% reduction was observed in the elevated eosinophil subgroup. These findings underscore the role of type 2 inflammation, ...

The MATINEE trial enrolled 804 patients aged 40 years and older with COPD, a screening blood eosinophil count 300 cells/μL or higher, and a history of two or more moderate and/or one or more severe ...

Molgramostim reduced surfactant burden as measured by ground-glass opacification (GGO) scores, a radiological measure of surfactant burden. The mean reduction in GGO score from baseline to Week 24 ...

Meanwhile, due to the responsive cutting of the cross-linker, the hydrogel gradually degrades and releases loaded mupirocin and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors, which inhibit ...