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ArticleEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2023

Basic, translational and clinical aspects of bronchiectasis in adults.

James D Chalmers, Stuart Elborn, Catherine M Greene

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Article in European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mucoactive agents in bronchiectasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  5. Treatable traits-based management of bronchiectasis: moving from theory to clinical practice.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2026
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  16. Phenotypic Drug Screening for Novel Antifibrotic Therapeutics in Lung Health.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  19. Inflammatory Phenotypes of Bronchiectasis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

James D ChalmersSchool of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Stuart ElbornSchool of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Belfast, UK.
Catherine M GreeneLung Biology Group, Department of Clinical Microbiology, RCSI University of Medicine and Heath Sciences, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland cmgreene@rcsi.ie.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-2569
Beaumont Hospital · IEQueen's University Belfast · GBUniversity of Dundee · GB

Funding

Correcting Pathogenic TGF beta Activity in the AirwayR01HL144539 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI SWIATECKA-URBAN, AGNIESZKA · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL144539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bronchiectasis is a common progressive respiratory disease with recognisable radiological abnormalities and a clinical syndrome of cough, sputum production and recurrent respiratory infections. Inflammatory cell infiltration into the lung, in particular neutrophils, is central to the pathophysiology of bronchiectasis. Herein we explore the roles and relationships between infection, inflammation and mucociliary clearance dysfunction in the establishment and progression of bronchiectasis. Microbial and host-mediated damage are important processes underpinning bronchiectasis and the relative contribution of proteases, cytokines and inflammatory mediators to the propagation of inflammation is presented. We also discuss the emerging concept of inflammatory endotypes, defined by the presence of neutrophilic and eosinophilic inflammation, and explore the role of inflammation as a treatable trait. Current treatment for bronchiectasis focuses on treatment of underlying causes, enhancing mucociliary clearance, controlling infection and preventing and treating complications. Data on airway clearance approaches

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BronchiectasisAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsCoughHumansInflammationMacrolidesAnti-Bacterial AgentsMacrolides

Identifiers

PMID37286220
PMCPMC10245133
OpenAlexW4379769373

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