In a recent issue of ARD, López-González and colleagues reported case series of acute
arthritis during COVID-19 admission; the authors concluded that all four cases of acute arthritis …

Background The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Assessment Test (CAT) is
a concise health status measure for COPD. COPD patients have a variety of comorbidities, …

Protease-antiprotease imbalance due to genetic variation may be responsible for the
development of pulmonary emphysema induced by smoking. Since matrix metalloproteinases (…

Besides lowering cholesterol, statins exert multiple effects, such as anti-inflammatory activity
and improvement of endothelial cell function. We examined whether simvastatin (SS) …

Lu and colleagues recently reviewed mortality-related risk factors of COVID-19. 1 COVID-19
was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and subsequently spread globally, …

Objective The purpose of this study is to report the clinical characteristics of dysautonomia
associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Methods We reported two patients with …

Exposure to cigarette smoke (CS) was shown to impair the capacity of macrophages to
clear bacteria and apoptotic cells. Here, we show that both the exposure of macrophages to …

Purpose. This study aimed to examine whether plasma levels of cathepsin S or its inhibitor,
cystatin C, may serve as biomarkers for COPD. Patients and Methods. We measured …

Cigarette smoke (CS) induces oxidative stress, which disables macrophage function. In this
study, we examined whether Resolvin E1 (RvE1), a pro-resolving mediator known to …

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread
rapidly since 2019, and the number of reports regarding long COVID has increased. Although …