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Smoking and asthma: dangerous liaisons by POLOSA, Riccardo, THOMSON, Neil C

“…Cigarette smoking and asthma interact to induce important adverse effects on clinical, prognostic and therapeutic outcomes. This review examines recent…”
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Asthma and smoking-induced airway disease without spirometric COPD by Thomson, Neil C

“…Due to the high prevalence rates of cigarette smoking and asthma, current and ex-smokers frequently develop chronic airway disease without spirometric evidence…”
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Asthma with a Smoking History and Pre–Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Thomson, Neil C.

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The Role of Smoking in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap by Thomson, Neil C.

“…Exposure to cigarette smoke has a key role in the development, adverse health outcomes, and impaired response to some therapies among individuals with features…”
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Targeting oxidant-dependent mechanisms for the treatment of respiratory diseases and their comorbidities by Thomson, Neil C

“…•Oxidative stress is implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic respiratory diseases.•Therapeutic effects of antioxidants have been generally…”
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Exposure to Active and Passive Tobacco Smoke on Urinary Eicosanoid Metabolites in Type 2 Asthma by Thomson, Neil C

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Novel approaches to the management of noneosinophilic asthma by Thomson, Neil C.

“…Noneosinophilic airway inflammation occurs in approximately 50% of patients with asthma. It is subdivided into neutrophilic or paucigranulocytic inflammation,…”
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Environmental Applications of Nanotechnology: Nano-enabled Remediation Processes in Water, Soil and Air Treatment by Linley, Stuart, Thomson, Neil R.

“…Environmental remediation is a research field transformed over the past two decades by the integration of engineered nanoscale materials. The market for…”
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Treatment of Organic Compounds by Activated Persulfate Using Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron by Al-Shamsi, Mohammed A, Thomson, Neil R

“…Recently, persulfate has caught the attention of groundwater remediation practitioners as a promising oxidant for in situ chemical oxidation. In this study, a…”
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A cooperative knock-on mechanism underpins Ca2+-selective cation permeation in TRPV channels by Ives, Callum M, Thomson, Neil J, Zachariae, Ulrich

“…The selective exchange of ions across cellular membranes is a vital biological process. Ca2+-mediated signaling is implicated in a broad array of physiological…”
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Real Space Imaging of Nanoparticle Assembly at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces with Nanoscale Resolution by Costa, Luca, Li-Destri, Giovanni, Thomson, Neil H, Konovalov, Oleg, Pontoni, Diego

“…Bottom up self-assembly of functional materials at liquid–liquid interfaces has recently emerged as method to design and produce novel two-dimensional (2D)…”
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Cigarette Smoking and Asthma by Thomson, Neil C., Polosa, Riccardo, Sin, Don D.

“…Globally, around half the adult asthma population are current or former cigarette smokers. Cigarette smoking and asthma interact to induce an “asthma-smoking…”
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Challenges in the management of asthma associated with smoking-induced airway diseases by Thomson, Neil C

“…Smoking-induced airway diseases such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and small airway dysfunction contribute to the chronic respiratory symptoms experienced…”
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A hydrophobic funnel governs monovalent cation selectivity in the ion channel TRPM5 by Ives, Callum M, Şahin, Alp Tegin, Thomson, Neil J, Zachariae, Ulrich

“…A key capability of ion channels is the facilitation of selective permeation of certain ionic species across cellular membranes at high rates. Due to their…”
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Ionospheric D Region: VLF‐Measured Electron Densities Compared With Rocket‐Based FIRI‐2018 Model by Thomson, Neil R., Clilverd, Mark A., Rodger, Craig J.

“…Ground‐based very low frequency (VLF) radio propagation in the Earth‐ionosphere waveguide has enabled extensive electron number densities in the D region of…”
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Intra-NAPL diffusion and dissolution of a MGP NAPL exposed to persulfate in a flow-through system by Shafieiyoun, Saeid, Thomson, Neil R.

“…•Persulfate/NAPL interactions restricted interfacial mass transfer.•Rate coefficients were ∼30% of those for an equivalent water-flushed system.•Intra-NAPL…”
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Does Age of Onset of Asthma Influence the Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Function? by Thomson, Neil C

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The intrinsic resolution limit in the atomic force microscope: implications for heights of nano-scale features by Santos, Sergio, Barcons, Victor, Christenson, Hugo K, Font, Josep, Thomson, Neil H

“…Accurate mechanical characterization by the atomic force microscope at the highest spatial resolution requires that topography is deconvoluted from…”
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How effective is bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma in clinical practice? by Thomson, Neil C, Chanez, Pascal

“…Bronchial thermoplasty is an intervention developed for the treatment of asthma through the delivery of radio frequency energy to the airways [1, 2]. Evidence…”
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Reflections from the Editor‐in‐Chief of Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation by Thomson, Neil R.

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