Wheezing, dyspnea, and impaired lung function, as well
as pulmonary fibrosis, have been noted...
Jsweetie: Are there any lifestyle choices that help with non-preventable diseases such
as pulmonary fibrosis?
Not exact matches
InterMune said Health Canada approved Esbriet
as a treatment for mild - to - moderate idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis in adults.
They also hope to apply this knowledge to such other lung conditions
as acute respiratory distress syndrome and idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, where the alveoli can not get enough oxygen into the blood.
Their findings, reported in Nature Communications, may shed light on human lung disease, in particular, the mechanism behind non-familial
pulmonary hypertension in patients with conditions such
as emphysema and
pulmonary fibrosis.
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified mutations in two genes that cause a fatal lung scarring disease known
as familial
pulmonary fibrosis.
It can also exacerbate the more severe lung diseases, such
as cystic
fibrosis or chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease.»
As a physician who treats patients with
pulmonary fibrosis in a multidisciplinary clinic at Jefferson, the research has a sense of urgency.
The next step, Kaminski said, will be to begin evaluating miR - 29
as a therapeutic for human Idiopathic
Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).
The SDF - 1 / CXCR4 axis is significantly associated with several diseases, such
as HIV, cancer, WHIM syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis,
pulmonary fibrosis and lupus.
The Division of
Pulmonary Medicine deals with the breath of life in all its aspects: control of breathing; sleep disorders; obstruction to airflow in the common diseases of upper and lower airways such
as croup, bronchiolitis, asthma, cystic
fibrosis, and bronchopulmonary dysplasia; restriction to lung function from disorders affecting the chest wall, the musculature, the nervous system, or lung tissue itself; congenital anomalies; accidents such
as inhalation of foreign bodies, hydrocarbons, or toxic gases; secondary effects of non-
pulmonary system disorders such
as gastrointestinal reflux, myopathy, or cardiac dysfunction; disease of the upper respiratory tract including rhinitis and sinusitis; and so on.
An underlying respiratory disease such
as; asthma, chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic
fibrosis modifies these mechanisms by reducing the function of beating cilia and increasing the production of mucus.
-LSB-...] There are many ongoing clinical trials (Phases I, II, and III) using adipose derived MSC's to treat conditions
as varied
as COPD,
pulmonary fibrosis, congestive heart failure, osteoarthritis, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, Autism, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, urinary incontinence, neurological disorders and many other conditions.
An ongoing clinical trial at NHGRI is testing the drug pirfenidone
as a potential HPS treatment for symptoms associated with
pulmonary fibrosis.
Development of inhibitors of metabolic pathways to block oncogenes or signalling molecules in malignant processes and specific inflammatory processes, such
as pulmonary artery hypertension or idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis.
New biological treatments using antibodies or antagonists against receptors or inflammatory enzyme inhibitors (e.g. CXCR2 antagonists, phosphodiesterase - 4 inhibitors, endothelin receptor antagonists and kinase inhibitors) to suppress inflammatory pathways in diseases such
as asthma, COPD, idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, cystic
fibrosis and
pulmonary hypertension.
A team of scientists from the UNC School of Medicine and North Carolina State University (NCSU) has developed promising research towards a possible stem cell treatment for several lung conditions, such
as idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic
fibrosis — often - fatal conditions that affect tens of millions of Americans.
Support is provided on the whole range of lung conditions ranging from the more common COPD and Asthma to the less well known conditions such
as Idiopathic
Pulmonary Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis etc..