Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 ( PTPN2 ) is a tyrosine phosphatase involved in T cell receptor signal ...

Correspondence to Professor Talat Islam, Department of Population and Public Health Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA-90033, USA; islam{at}usc.edu Rationale Despite high ...

In a recent case (00/TLQ/1284) in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court in England, a widow sued on behalf of her husband who had died at the age of 60 of mesothelioma. Unusually for such cases ...

Background Infections are considered as leading causes of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Non-infectious risk factors such as short-term air pollution exposure may ...

Correspondence to Professor Ian Hall, Division of Therapeutics, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; ian.hall{at}nottingham.ac.uk In July 2021, the UK Office of Life Sciences (OLS)1 ...

1 Southampton NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, University of Southampton School of ...

5 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Southend University Hospital, Southend, UK Correspondence to B R O'Driscoll, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal University Hospital, Salford M6 8HD ...

Aintree Chest Centre and University of Liverpool Department of Medicine, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK Correspondence to: Dr L Davies Aintree Chest Centre, University Hospital Aintree, ...

Background Poor health status has been associated with morbidity and mortality in patients with COPD. To date, the impact of changes in health status on these outcomes remains unknown. Aims To explore ...

Introduction Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is a medical emergency where the lung collapses in the presence of underlying chronic lung disease. Current international clinical guidelines ...