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ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2016

Can resistive breathing injure the lung? Implications for COPD exacerbations.

Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Dimitrios Toumpanakis

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Article in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Synergistic Effects of Resistive Breathing on Endotoxin-Induced Lung Injury in Mice.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023
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  5. Spontaneous Breathing Through Increased Airway Resistance Augments Elastase-Induced Pulmonary Emphysema.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020
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  9. TRPV4 Inhibition Exerts Protective Effects Against Resistive Breathing Induced Lung Injury.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Theodoros VassilakopoulosPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios ToumpanakisPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In obstructive lung diseases, airway inflammation leads to bronchospasm and thus resistive breathing, especially during exacerbations. This commentary discusses experimental evidence that resistive breathing per se (the mechanical stimulus) in the absence of underlying airway inflammation leads to lung injury and inflammation (mechanotransduction). The potential implications of resistive breathing-induced mechanotrasduction in COPD exacerbations are presented along with the available clinical evidence.

Indexed as

Mechanotransduction, CellularPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveHumansLungRespirationbronchoconstrictionCOPDinflammationmechanotransductionresistive breathing

Identifiers

PMID27713628
PMCPMC5044984
OpenAlexW2527545006

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