Respiratory Medicine

These journals cover all aspects of respiratory disease including acute and chronic, reversible and irreversible and from atopy to malignancy.

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Original Research

Effective-Component Compatibility of Bufei Yishen Formula Alleviates Alveolar Epithelial Barrier Damage in COPD Through Inhibition of p38 MAPK Phosphorylation

Shao X, Zhang L, Guo M, Wang C, Chu H, Mo Y, Lu R, Zhao P, Tian Y

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:589282

Published Date: 25 June 2026

Original Research

Association Between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Survival in Patients with Lung Cancer: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Chan KH, Liu WC, Chang YC, Konara Mudiyanselage SP, Chuang TJ, Tsai YT

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:617198

Published Date: 23 June 2026

Original Research

A Nomogram for Predicting Successful Weaning from Invasive Mechanical Ventilation Withdrawal in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Complicated by Respiratory Failure

Bao H, Zhu T, Li C, Huan J, Li L, Kong L, Chen Y, Shi L, Li C

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:618482

Published Date: 23 June 2026

Original Research

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Quantitative Chest CT in COPD: The Stronger Association of Emphysema Over Airway Thickness with Functional Impairment

Peng Y, Shi M, Yu C, Yang T, Huang K

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:597874

Published Date: 23 June 2026

Original Research

Diagnostic Value of miR-192-5p in the Progression of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Complicated with Pulmonary Heart Disease

Xiao L, Wang W, Hu L, Tao H

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:601328

Published Date: 23 June 2026

Original Research

The Disproportionate Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Mild-to-Moderate COPD

Zhang W, Wen J, Chew SY, Hao Y, Liao F, Koh MS, Xu Z, Wang G, Wang X, Tiew PY

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:603670

Published Date: 23 June 2026

Original Research

Breathlessness Matters – Australian Cohort Study Evaluating the Impact of a Multidisciplinary, Home-Based Breathlessness Intervention Service Targeting Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Cochrane B, Akhunji MZ, Xuan W, Lee JSY, Smith TA, Smith SM, Foo SW, Garcia L, Kemp TA

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:570099

Published Date: 22 June 2026

Original Research

Profiles and Disease Burden of Patients with COPD Initiating Triple Therapy in China

Li X, Cao J, Hao S, Noorduyn SG, Tang Z, Ismaila AS, Chen I, Ding J

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:575677

Published Date: 22 June 2026

Original Research

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Influence on Lung Cancer Risk Through Blood Metabolite Mediation: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomisation and Mediation Analysis

Cao YN, Wang L, Fan HS, Zhang ZJ

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:608125

Published Date: 20 June 2026

Original Research

β2-Microglobulin Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction Accompanied by Bronchial Epithelial Cell Senescence

Gu Y, Yuan W, Xie XF, Dong HM, Wei B, Wang JY

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:614376

Published Date: 20 June 2026

Original Research

Association Between Improvement in Institutional COPD Quality Assessment Grade and Risk of Acute Exacerbations in Primary and Secondary Care: A Nationwide Claims-Based Study

Moon SW, Lee H, Kim Y, Kim K, Rhee CK, Moon JY

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:613969

Published Date: 19 June 2026

Original Research

Severe COPD Exacerbators Requiring Multiple ICU Admissions Over Time: Insights of a French Cohort

Ferré A, Sahki N, Puechoultres P, Diop S, Abi-Abdallah G, Legriel S

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:613270

Published Date: 18 June 2026

Original Research

Development and Validation of an Explainable Machine Learning Model for Identification of Dysphagia in Patients with COPD

Zhou C, Hong S, Fang J, Yan X, Zang M, Tang N, Bao L, Pan H

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:607694

Published Date: 18 June 2026

Review

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Singapore: Current Perspectives on Prevalence, Disease Burden, and Treatment

Yii A, Maldonado Sanchez Y, Lai Q, Chen W

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:588581

Published Date: 18 June 2026

Original Research

Identification of ERN1 as a Potential Context-Dependent Biomarker in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Based on Bioinformatics Analysis of GSE57148 Dataset

Peng Q, Yang M, Fan D, Zhou P

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:610706

Published Date: 17 June 2026

Original Research

From China’s Multicenter Prospective Cohort: Right Ventricular Afterload and Prognosis in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Exacerbation of COPD

Gao A, Liu X, Jiao X, Ding Y, Gao Z, Gao Y, Zhang J, Yang J, Yang S, Yang Y

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:605642

Published Date: 17 June 2026

Original Research

Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction with Valves Improves Cardiovascular Adaptability and 6-MWT Performance in Severely Limited COPD Patients

Farber L, Pappe E, Sgarbossa T, Neumann K, Witzenrath M, Hübner RH, Saccomanno J

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:592263

Published Date: 17 June 2026

Original Research

Construction and Validation of Active Case-Finding Tool in Community Participants with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using an Interpretable Machine Learning Approach

Tian H, Wu F, Sun C, Deng Z, Zhou Y, Ran P

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:589883

Published Date: 16 June 2026

Original Research

Causal Relationship Between Methotrexate and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Study Based on Network Toxicology and Mendelian Randomization

Xiang YX, Zou FS, Shi MF, Xu Q

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:615799

Published Date: 15 June 2026

Original Research

Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Information Needs Scale for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Tang Y, Zhao X, Huang Z, Kaminga AC, Li Z, Xiong Y, Liu Z, Huang Y, Yang G, Yi Q

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:612119

Published Date: 15 June 2026

Original Research

Risk Factors and Prediction of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease After Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Prospective Cohort Study

Ye X, Le S, Han S, Zhang Z, Li Q, Gao F

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:594436

Published Date: 15 June 2026

Original Research

Diaphragmatic Thickening Fraction and Excursion: Different Clinical Values in Non-Critically Ill Patients with AECOPD — An Exploratory Study

Yang X, Zhu L, Ren R

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:608108

Published Date: 13 June 2026

Original Research

Diagnostic Value of Bilateral Pectoralis Major Total Cross-Sectional Area in Patients with AECOPD Complicated by Malnutrition

Lu Q, Wang L, Pei D, Jiang X, Liu L, Yue L

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:616277

Published Date: 12 June 2026

Original Research

Identification of Th17 Cell-Associated Biomarkers and Their Potential Regulatory Mechanisms in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Through Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis and Machine Learning

Li Q, Xue D, Yu J, Yang M, Zhang Y, Obuli R

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:596649

Published Date: 11 June 2026

Original Research

A Maltese Study in Determining the Presence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Metabolic Syndrome

Gauci J, Gauci Pullicino S, Caruana E, Petroni Magri V, Formosa MM, Fenech AG, Fava S, Montefort S, Fsadni P

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:608737

Published Date: 11 June 2026

Original Research

Psychological-Symptom Mismatch Phenotypes and Their Clinical Implications in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Cai Y, Ren X, Wang K, Cheng H

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:593901

Published Date: 11 June 2026

Original Research

A Real-World Evaluation of Therapeutic Inertia in Patients with Severe Uncontrolled Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Calle Rubio M, Soler-Cataluña JJ, Almagro P, Huerta A, González-Segura D, Cosío BG

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:602456

Published Date: 10 June 2026

Original Research

Association Between Sleep Disorders and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Insights from the UK Biobank

An X, Chen Y, Wang Y, Zhu W, Li F, Shen J, Zhang C, Wu Y, Yu R

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:607991

Published Date: 9 June 2026

Original Research

Critical Biological Functions and Clinical Implications of Epigenetic-Related Candidate Biomarkers in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Integrated Machine Learning Screening and Basic Experimental Validation

Xie J, Huang L, Chen X, Wang X

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:592045

Published Date: 7 June 2026

Review

Global Economic and Social Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review (2020–2024)

Gutiérrez-Villegas C, Herrero-Montes M, Fernández Cacho LM, Amado-Diago CA, Perales-García V, Aceros Lora AM, Paz-Zulueta M

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:608107

Published Date: 6 June 2026

Original Research

Sociodemographic Determinants of Hospitalized Exacerbations in Exposure-Defined COPD Phenotypes: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study in China

Zheng Z, Tang X, Li W, Niu H, Dong F, Yan J, Shi M, Cui Y, Huang T, Han Z, Peng Y, Su R, Wang C, Russell RE, Yang T, Huang K

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:606977

Published Date: 5 June 2026

Original Research

Identification and Functional Characterization of COPD Molecular Subtypes Based on Oxeiptosis-Related Genes via WGCNA and Machine Learning

Chen W, Zhao J, Sun Z, Zhou X, Zhang X, Yan Z

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:596477

Published Date: 5 June 2026

Original Research

Emphysema Phenotype and 1‑Year Readmission Risk After Acute Exacerbation of COPD: A Real-World Study Using Propensity Score-Based Methods

Fu C, Wu Y, Huang A, Chen G, Hu Y

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:614880

Published Date: 4 June 2026

Original Research

Safety and Feasibility of an Asynchronous AI-Integrated Tele-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Application Among Patients with COPD

Freund O, Urtreger N, Cohn-Schwartz D, Barel N, Yacoby Halevi I, Bar-Shai A

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:609813

Published Date: 4 June 2026

Original Research

COPD Patients with a High Exacerbation Risk: Baseline Data Analysis of a National Chinese Prospective Multi-Center Study of Quality Improvement Project

Yang K, Chen D, Wang Y, Wang F, Wang L, Wang J, Yu T, Hou H, Liu W, Huang P, Yang H, Chen R

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:597295

Published Date: 3 June 2026

Original Research

A Single Cell Atlas of the COPD Lung Identifies Inflammatory Reprogramming in Fibroblasts

Dong L, Chen H, Li F, Wang H, Zhou H, Cao L, Ye Y, Sun Y

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:617662

Published Date: 3 June 2026

Review

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – from Pathophysiology to Effective Management Overview

Prisacaru V, Covantsev S, Ceasovschih A, Sivapalan P, Tural S, Corlateanu A, Deleanu OC

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:609302

Published Date: 3 June 2026

Review

Referral to and Engagement with Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Review and Strategic Behavioural Analysis of Factors Influencing Behaviour and Intervention Opportunities

Moore AP, Reardon I, Ramkissoon O, Early F, Payerne E, Ashford PA, Holmes S, Kelly MP, Singh SJ, Habib GM, Fuld J, Lorencatto F

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:558338

Published Date: 30 May 2026

Review

The Role of Microbiota Homeostasis in the Progression and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

He T, Cairang Z, Xu Y, Shangguan Y, Wang B, Song Y

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:605196

Published Date: 30 May 2026

Original Research

Exploring COPD Participants’ Experiences in a Comprehensive Telewellness Program within a Mixed-Disability Cohort: A Qualitative Study

Arora P, Bhatt SP, Rimmer JH

International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2026, 21:592692

Published Date: 29 May 2026

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