Histomorphological picture of adipose tissue in a cachectic (a) and obese (b) patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (×200 magnification). Metabolic phenotype and adipose tissue inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Skyba P, Ukropec J, Pobeha P, Ukropcova B, Joppa P, Kurdiova T, Stroffekova K, Brusik M, Klimes I, Tkac I, Gasperikova D, Tkacova R - Mediators of inflammation (2010). Not Altered. CC.
Obstructive Lung Diseases is one of the category of diffuse pulmonary ailment, an airway diseases characterized by an increase in resistance to airflow due to complete or partial obstruction of the respiratory tree.
Examples of obstructive lung disease include:
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Bronchiolitis
