ReviewAdvances in respiratory medicine2024
May Small Airways Dysfunction (SAD) Play a Role in the Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and May SAD Be a Therapeutic Target?
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- Smoker's Lungs: Quo Vadis? Exploring the Shared and Individual Smoking-Related Molecular Pathways of Emphysema, Carcinoma, and Fibrosis - An Illustrative Review.Thoracic cancer · 2026Review
- Spatial Distribution of K13-Positive Airway Epithelial Cells in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Exploring small airway disease in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients: insights from oscillometry analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Small airway dysfunction: a shared, early, measurable, and potentially treatable trait across COPD, asthma, and fibrotic lung disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
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Abstract
Small airway dysfunction (SAD) is a pathological process that affects the bronchioles and non-cartilaginous airways below 2 mm in diameter. This short review presents a link between SAD and IPF. Pathomorphological changes of small airways in fibrotic lungs are discussed. Additionally, functional abnormalities related to SAD measured by spirometry and oscillometry are presented. The problem of early detection and treatment of SAD as a procedure potentially capable of mitigating fibrosis is mentioned.
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