Infection is the most common non-cancer cause of death in patients with lung cancer (LC). However, original research reports with large sample sizes on the epidemiology, pathogen spectrum, immune status changes, and prognosis of these patients are lacking. A retrospective study of LC patients with infection was performed at Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital from 2014 to 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHypoxia-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (HPAH) is due to hypoxia caused by vascular endothelial cell remolding and damage. Previous studies have suggested that CX3CL1 plays an important role in HPAH which is affected by oxidative stress. Ca channel activation correlated with increasing NF-B levels induced by ROS.
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