1 Woolcock Institute of Medical Research (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney), P O Box M77, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia 2 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050, ...

Background The bronchial epithelium and underlying reticular basement membrane (RBM) have a close spatial and functional inter-relationship and are considered an epithelial–mesenchymal trophic unit ...

3 Center for Oral Health Services and Research Mid-Norway (TkMidt), Trondheim, Norway Correspondence to Dr Xiao-Mei Mai, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and ...

Department of Pediatrics, Montréal Children’s Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada Correspondence to: Dr R T Brouillette Department of Pediatrics, Montréal Children’s Hospital, 2300 ...

Background Little is known about the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people with established CVD. Knowing if COPD is associated ...

1 Section of Anaesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK Background Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) is ...

Dr J Simon R Gibbs, National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK; s.gibbs{at}imperial.ac.uk I am delighted to write the ...

1 Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK 2 Department of Integrated Medicine, University Hospitals ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK 2 School of Medicine Health Policy & Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Correspondence to Dr ...

Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (iLBD), Ludwig-Maximilians-University and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany Background: Idiopathic pulmonary ...

2 Institute of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 3 South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia Background: Sahaja Yoga is a traditional ...

Correspondence to: A O C Johnson, Department of General and Respiratory Medicine, Pontefract General Infirmary, Pontefract WF8 1PL, UK; owen.johnson{at}panp-tr.northy.nhs.uk For most passengers, even ...