Lee CT , Wang PH , Cheng SL, DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S523149 Background: Research has demonstrated that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a negative prognostic factor for patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The long-term […]
🧬 Mechanistic and Genomic Insights: COVID-19 Vaccines and Pulmonary Fibrosis
Overview While COVID-19 vaccines have been instrumental in reducing severe disease and mortality, emerging research has explored potential links between vaccination and fibrotic lung responses in rare cases. This article […]
The Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Treating Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Scoping Review
Elena Silverstein • Michael Richmann • Delaney Tyl • et. al. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.74611 Abstract Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a medical condition that affects the lungs and causes scarring due to the deposition of excess fibrotic tissue. This […]
Runaway immune reactions cause long COVID breathing problems
Author: Christopher Vaughan, Stanford Medicine 2023 Stanford Medicine researchers have found a mechanism behind one of the most common symptoms of long COVID — shortness of breath. Post COVID-19 breathing […]
Molecular mechanisms of COVID-19-induced pulmonary fibrosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Authors: Peng Pi1† Zhipeng Zeng1† Liqing Zeng1 Bing Han1 Xizhe Bai2 Shousheng Xu3*Front. Pharmacol., 03 August 2023, Sec. Respiratory Pharmacology, Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1218059 As the outbreak of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory […]
Spectrum of Fibrotic Lung Diseases
Marlies Wijsenbeek, M.D., and Vincent Cottin, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2023 Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases encompass a large number of conditions, with a wide range of causes, clinical […]
Understanding the burden of interstitial lung disease post-COVID-19: the UK Interstitial Lung Disease-Long COVID Study (UKILD-Long COVID)
Jim M Wild1, Joanna C Porter2,3,4, Philip L Molyneaux5,6, Peter M George5,6, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1340-2688Iain Stewart5, Richard James Allen7, Raminder Aul8, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5258-793XJohn Kenneth Baillie9, Shaney L Barratt10, Paul Beirne11, Stephen M Bianchi12, John F Blaikley13,14, Jonathan Brooke15,16,17, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3325-6996Nazia Chaudhuri14,18, Guilhem Collier1, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7695-325XEmma K Denneny2,3,4, Annemarie Docherty19, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8250-6464Laura Fabbri5, Michael […]
Post-COVID Interstitial Lung Disease: What you Need to Know
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, Apr 28, 2023 After being hospitalized for three months with COVID-19 and double pneumonia in 2020, Houston police officer Hito Bazan awoke one morning to discover that […]
Interstitial Lung Disease after COVID-19 Infection: A Catalog of Uncertainties
Athol U. Wells, Anand Devaraj, Sujal R. Desai Jan 26 2021https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2021204482 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has now caused more than a million deaths worldwide. These deaths are often due to severe pulmonary […]
1000 Peer Reviewed Studies Questioning Covid-19 Vaccine Safety
Peer Reviewed Medical Papers Submitted To Various Medical Journals, Evidencing A Multitude Of Adverse Events In Covid-19 Vaccine Recipients. The list includes studies published as of January 20, 2022 concerning […]