Sentences with phrase «idiopathic pulmonary»

Zoe Kerley, 13, of Maynard, Ark., is battling idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition that causes increased blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and can lead to heart failure.

His daughter Erica was recently diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH).

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..

I have Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and can do hardly anything.

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.

A progressive scarring of the lungs with no effective treatment, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) affects approximately 50,000 Americans annually, and like some cancers often is fatal within three years.

Our studies have shown that patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH, previously known as primary pulmonary hypertension or PPH) have low levels of NO in their exhaled breath that increase after initiation of vasodilator therapy.

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.

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.

April 17, 2013 Gene study helps understand pulmonary fibrosis A new study looking at the genomes of more than 1,500 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and devastating lung disease, found multiple genetic associations with the disease, including one gene variant that was linked to an increase in the risk of death.

The Lung Microbiome in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Promising Approach for Targeted Therapies — Fastrès Aline, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

«Radial Basis Function neural networks classification for the recognition of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in microscopic images»

Fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a group of devastating diseases that have an unfavorable outcome, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

Research Focus: My research projects are focused on the roles of TNF family members linked to fibrotic disorders associated with scleroderma, atopic dermatitis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and asthma.

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Impaired diversity of the lung microbiome predicts progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis — Youhei Takahashi, Respiratory Research

The hedgehog system machinery controls transforming growth factor - ß - dependent myofibroblastic differentiation in humans: involvement in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

The next step, Kaminski said, will be to begin evaluating miR - 29 as a therapeutic for human Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).

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

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.

Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) has launched a patient registry to help researchers and clinicians identify, manage and study people who have a progressive lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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

About 50,000 people in the United States annually develop idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease that principally affects the elderly, according to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.

«Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis cases linked with asbestos exposure.»

Human diseases that include dyskeratosis congenita, aplastic anemia, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis have been genetically linked to mutations that negatively affect telomerase activity and / or accelerate the loss of telomere length.

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.

InterMune said Health Canada approved Esbriet as a treatment for mild - to - moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in adults.

Not exact matches

In my recent family history, I've had three family members die relatively young from pulmonary fibrosis of idiopathic origin.

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