Airway epithelium plays an important role in the asthma physiopathology. Aerobic exercise
decreases Th2 response in murine models of allergic asthma, but its effects on the structure …

Background: Smoking impairs mucociliary clearance and increases respiratory infection
frequency and severity in subjects with and without smoking-related chronic lung diseases. …

Nasal mucociliary system is the first line of defense of the upper airways and may be
affected acutely by exposure to particulate matter (PM) from biomass burning. Several …

Background and objective: Smoking cessation (SC) is recognized as reducing tobacco‐associated
mortality and morbidity. The effect of SC on nasal mucociliary clearance (MC) in …

Background and purpose Asthma is a disease of high prevalence and morbidity that
generates high costs in hospitalization and treatment. Although the airway is involved in the …

Particulate matter from diesel exhaust (DEP) has toxic properties and can activate intracellular
signaling pathways and induce metabolic changes. This study was conducted to evaluate …

Objective: To investigate the effects of elastic tubing training compared with conventional
resistance training on the improvement of functional exercise capacity, muscle strength, fat-free …

Purpose Physical exercises are employed as part of the treatment of patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however information regarding cardiac autonomic …

Introduction Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibit aerobic
function, autonomic nervous system, and mucociliary clearance alterations. These parameters …

Introduction Smoking cessation promotes health benefits and, despite cigarette smoking be
an important pro inflammatory stimulus, there are few studies concerning the nasal and …