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SUBMITTER: Tavares LP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7198161 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tavares Luciana P LP Peh Hong Yong HY Tan Wan Shun Daniel WSD Pahima Hadas H Maffia Pasquale P Tiligada Ekaterini E Levi-Schaffer Francesca F
Pharmacological research 20200504
The average respiration rate for an adult is 12-20 breaths per minute, which constantly exposes the lungs to allergens and harmful particles. As a result, respiratory diseases, which includes asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute lower respiratory tract infections (LTRI), are a major cause of death worldwide. Although asthma, COPD and LTRI are distinctly different diseases with separate mechanisms of disease progression, they do share a common feature - airway inflammati ...[more]