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Inflammation, Injury and Transcription Factors in Chronic Lung Diseases: Therapeutic Targets

  • Rahman, Irfan
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.175-176
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    • 2002
  • Airway inflammation is a characteristic of many lung disorders including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. All these diseases involve the recruitment of immune and inflammatory cells to the lungs leading to systemic and local chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. (omitted)

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NON-INVASIVE OXIDATIVE AND INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS IN BREATH CONDENSATE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

  • Rahman, Irfan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.23-24
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    • 2003
  • Oxidative stress is the hallmark of various inflammatory lung diseases/disorders such as asthma, adult respiratory distress syndrome, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia, lung transplantation, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, lung cancer and various occupational diseases. (omitted)

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Embolization of Multiple Systemic Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistula with Recurrent Hemoptysis

  • Lee, Jung-Kyu;Park, Ju-Hee;Kim, Junghyun;Kim, Soo Jung;Lee, Ae-Ra;Lee, Chang Hoon;So, Young-Ho
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.75 no.3
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    • pp.120-124
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    • 2013
  • Herein, we report a case of multiple systemic arteries to pulmonary artery fistulas without any underlying causes, presenting recurrent hemoptysis. Transcatheter embolization was successfully performed several times on multiple systemic feeding arteries. Multiple systemic arteries to pulmonary fistulas can be a source of uncontrolled bleeding, and embolization may be a reasonable therapeutic option to control the bleeding.

Mycobacterium intracellulare Pleurisy Identified on Liquid Cultures of the Pleural Fluid and Pleural Biopsy

  • Lim, Jong Gu;O, Sei Won;Lee, Ki Dong;Suk, Dong Keun;Jung, Tae Young;Shim, Tae Sun;Chon, Gyu Rak
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.74 no.3
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    • pp.124-128
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    • 2013
  • Pleural effusion is a rare complication in non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection. We report a case of Mycobacterium intracellulare pleuritis with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a 69-year-old man presenting with dyspnea. Pleural effusion revealed lymphocyte dominant exudate. M. intracellulare was identified using a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method and liquid cultures of pleural effusion and pleural biopsy. After combination therapy for M. intracellulare pulmonary disease, the patient was clinically well at a 1-month follow-up.