Progressive decline in lung function is a hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although airway dysbiosis occurs in COPD, whether it contributes to disease progression remains unknown. Here, through a longitudinal analysis on 181 COPD individuals from two large cohorts involvi...

Progressive lung function decline is a hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Airway dysbiosis occurs in COPD, but whether it contributes to disease progression remains unknown. Here we showed, through a longitudinal analysis on two cohorts involving four UK centers, that basel...

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality. The complex nature of COPD presents challenges in accurately predicting and understanding frequent exacerbations.

OBJECTIVE: This stu...

The mechanistic role of the airway microbiome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains largely unexplored. We present a landscape of airway microbe-host interactions in COPD by an in-depth profiling of sputum metagenome, metabolome, host transcriptome and proteome from 99 COPD pati...

Serum, urine and tissue from a rat model of chronic kidney disease (CKD) were analysed using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based metabolomics methods, and compared with samples from sham operated rats. Both urine and serum were sampled at multiple timepoints, and the results have ...

SARS-CoV-2 infection causes severe pulmonary manifestations, with poorly understood mechanisms and limited treatment options. Hyperferritinemia and disrupted lung iron homeostasis in COVID-19 patients imply that ferroptosis, an iron-dependent cell death, may occur. Immunostaining and lipidomic an...

Xuanfei Heji (XFHJ) is a hospital-formulated herbal preparation and has demonstrated significant clinical efficacy in managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, its systemic pharmacological mechanisms and the interplay between host metabolism and microbial communities remain ...

Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is a major complication of thoracic radiotherapy. A previous study has indicated an association between berberine (BBR) and reduced incidence of RILI. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Here we validated the radioprotective role of BBR in mouse...