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At the Root: Defining and Halting Progression of Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, February 2018
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Title
At the Root: Defining and Halting Progression of Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published in
American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, February 2018
DOI 10.1164/rccm.201710-2028pp
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Fernando J Martinez, MeiLan K Han, James P Allinson, R Graham Barr, Richard C Boucher, Peter M A Calverley, Bartolome R Celli, Stephanie A Christenson, Ronald G Crystal, Malin Fagerås, Christine M Freeman, Lars Groenke, Eric A Hoffman, Mehmet Kesimer, Kostantinos Kostikas, Robert Paine, Shahin Rafii, Stephen I Rennard, Leopoldo N Segal, Renat Shaykhiev, Christopher Stevenson, Ruth Tal-Singer, Jørgen Vestbo, Prescott G Woodruff, Jeffrey L Curtis, Jadwiga A Wedzicha

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disorder with varying presentations and progression, but limited disease-modifying therapies. Trajectories of lung function decline in COPD differ significantly between individuals, with differences detectable in young adulthood. "Early disease" (initial manifestations in young individuals) should be distinguished from "late mild disease" (disease of mild severity in older individuals potentially present for decades). For research purposes, we propose an operational definition of early COPD: ever-smokers (≥10 pack-years) younger than 50 years with any of these abnormalities: (1) FEV1/FVC< lower limit of normal; (2) compatible CT abnormalities (airway abnormality and/or emphysema); or (3) FEV1 decline (≥60 mL/year). Biological underpinnings of early COPD are quite complex. Recent evidence implies that cigarette smoke-exposure induces sequential, stereotypical changes in distal airways, initially without inflammatory cell infiltration. Epithelial reprogramming is associated with mucus that is less readily cleared and with polymeric immunoglobulin receptor down-regulation accompanied by focal airway injury. Resulting differences in the community structure of the lung microbiome may be mechanistically important. Global gene analysis suggests that tissue degradation around small airways predominates over repair. Emphysema might also develop in early COPD due to loss of pulmonary endothelial cell-derived factors. To reduce COPD's long-term societal impact, the goal of interventions must change, from solely focusing on reducing symptoms and exacerbations in advanced disease, to halting pathological progression in early disease. This review attempts to stimulate studies investigating younger smokers to understand the causes, progression, clinical expression and potential therapeutic targets of early COPD.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 144 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 26 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 13%
Student > Master 16 11%
Other 10 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 7%
Other 26 18%
Unknown 38 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 49 34%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 8 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 3%
Engineering 5 3%
Other 19 13%
Unknown 47 33%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 56. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2022.
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#759,074
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Outputs from American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
#571
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#18,015
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Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
#12
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