Search for dissertations about: "pulmonary emphysema"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words pulmonary emphysema.

  2. 11. Stress Response in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Effect of Cigarette Smoke Extract and Hypoxia on Structural Lung Cells

    Author : Martin Garcia-Ryde; allergologi och palliativ medicin Lungmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; COPD; Cigarette smoke extract CSE ; Lung fibroblasts; Hypoxia; Gene expression;

    Abstract : Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide according to the world health organization. It is a disease characterized by chronic inflammation and emphysema, and cigarette smoking is the main cause of COPD development. READ MORE

  4. 12. Charting the human lung with inhaled nanoparticles : Development of AiDA - a new diagnostic technique for respiratory disease

    Author : Jonas Jakobsson; NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience; []
    Keywords : Aerosol; lung; lung deposition; respiratory tract; nanoparticles; ultrafine particles; airspace dimension assessment; AiDA; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; lung morphology;

    Abstract : Changes to the smallest structures of the distal lung are often the first sign of severe respiratory disease, but to date methods to detect and quantify these changes are limited. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently estimated to be the third most common cause of death worldwide, but is to a large extent under-diagnosed, especially at early stages. READ MORE

  5. 13. Intracellular signaling in the lung : a role for C/EBP transcription factors in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, glucocorticoid signaling and lung development

    Author : Lukas Didon; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Over the last decade, a previously unknown role has been established for members of the C/EBP transcription factor family in lung gene expression. In other organs, C/EBPs are well known regulators of cell differentiation and linked processes such as proliferation, apoptosis, gene expression as well as central regulators of inflammatory responses and infectious defenses. READ MORE

  6. 14. Measuring distal airspace dimensions with nanoparticles. Initial development of a diagnostic method

    Author : H Laura Aaltonen; Malmö Diagnostisk radiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; nanoparticles; COPD; AiDA; biomarker;

    Abstract : Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) consists of emphysema and bronchial disease. The pulmonary function tests currently used to diagnose COPD have poor sensitivity for early disease. This may delay diagnosis and lead to a poorer prognosis compared to establishing the diagnosis at an earlier stage. READ MORE

  7. 15. Langerhans cell histiocytosis : a clinical and immunological study

    Author : Cecilia Bernstrand; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Langerhans cell histiocytosis LCH ; survival; follow-up; sequelae; lungs; CNS; monitoring; smoking; HLA;

    Abstract : Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), previously known as histiocytosis X, eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schüller-Christian or Letterer-Siwe disease, is a rare disease with a reported incidence in childhood of 5.4 cases per million children per year. The disease can present at any age but young children are most often affected. READ MORE