Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive devastating disease characterized by excessive proliferation and abnormal migration of the pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs).
Objective To investigate the clinical features of isolated IgG4-related lung disease.Method The clinical symptoms, lahoratory tests, radiographic patterns, histopathological features and therapeutic m
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, and fatal fibrotic lung disease with a poor prognosis, but no effective treatment is available.G protein-Cou pied receptor 56 (GPR56) pla
Aim Provide a scientific basic for a unified standard of the reference value of Forced Expiratory Flow(FEF) of healthy subjects from 19 to 45years old in China.Methods The normal reference value of FE
Objective Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammation disorder and costimulation is closely related to inflammation, therefore, we investigated the presence of autoantibodies to B7
Rational: Sputum induction is safe and has been used as a direct and relatively non-invasive method to investi gate airway inflammation.It may offer important benefit s in diagnosing patients, and in
Objective The number of smokers in Chinese rural areas is more than 200 million, which is twice that in cities, and the smoking rate is markedly higher than that in cities.It is very significant to ca
Objective To investigate the situation of adult asthma control and management in Jilin province.Methods Telephone interviewed with adult patients with moderate to severe asthma, who were discharged fr
Objective To evaluate the efficacy of sequential stepwise anti-reflux therapy on refractory gastroesophageal reflux induced cough (GERC).Methods 36 consecutive patients with suspected GERC refractory