Sentences with phrase «cause pulmonary fibrosis»

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Four years ago, she was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that causes scarring in the lungs and results in increasing shortness of breath.

«To our knowledge, this is the first direct evidence that Akt1 causes disease onset and progression of pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension,» Shenoy said.

Although no definitive cause for the disease has been identified, pulmonary fibrosis affects nearly 130,000 people in the U.S., with about 48,000 new cases diagnosed annually, according to the Coalition for Pulmonary pulmonary fibrosis affects nearly 130,000 people in the U.S., with about 48,000 new cases diagnosed annually, according to the Coalition for Pulmonary Ffibrosis affects nearly 130,000 people in the U.S., with about 48,000 new cases diagnosed annually, according to the Coalition for Pulmonary Pulmonary FibrosisFibrosis.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified mutations in two genes that cause a fatal lung scarring disease known as familial pulmonary fibrosis.

The disease often is called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis because, in most cases, the cause can not be found.

«Study finds cause of pulmonary fibrosis in failure of stem cells that repair lungs.»

«Inhibiting DGKi seems to reverse the effects of cystic fibrosis, but not block ENaC completely,» says Margarida Amaral from the University of Lisboa, «indeed, inhibiting DGKi reduces ENaC activity enough for cells to go back to normal, but not so much that they cause other problems, like pulmonary oedema.»

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Palmer said the multi-site registry will help doctors who treat patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis better understand how to diagnose and manage the disease, while it will also help researchers uncover the basic causes and mechanisms of the disease.

It also shows some overlap between the genetic causes of COPD and those of the less common but severe disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Diseases affecting the lung, including emphysema, cystic fibrosis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pulmonary fibrosis, cause considerable morbidity and mortality in the U.S.. However, there are not many treatment options available for those diseases, in part due to the limited availability of human lung cells for research.

The report mentioned that the gene could even «shed light on the causes of lung injuries» but turned out they were talking about «injuries» like pneumonia, inflammation or pulmonary fibrosis.