Rationale: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive lung disease of unknown
cause that leads to respiratory failure and death within 5 years of diagnosis. Overt …

Background Inflammation and oxidative stress play critical roles in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Mitochondrial oxidative stress might be involved in …

Background Sputum analysis in asthmatic patients is used to define airway inflammatory
processes and might guide therapy. Objective We sought to determine differential gene and …

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) occupy a wide range of coastal and pelagic
habitats throughout tropical and temperate waters worldwide. In some regions,“inshore” and …

Introduction Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is an inflammatory cytokine
associated with acute and chronic inflammatory disorders and corticosteroid insensitivity. Its …

Certain populations of killer whales Orcinus orca feed primarily or exclusively on marine
mammals. However, whether or not baleen whales represent an important prey source for …

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are known to initiate a plethora of signaling pathways
in vitro. However, it is unclear which of these pathways are engaged to mediate …

pp269-274 Garrigue et al NG6:Layout 1 Page 1 First assessment of interchange of humpback
whales between Oceania and the East coast of Australia CLAIRE GARRIGUE1, TRISH …

Humpback whales pass along the coast of New Zealand as they migrate between summer
feeding grounds in Antarctic waters and winter breeding grounds in the tropical waters of the …

We investigated changes in gene expression that occur in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) after corticosteroid treatment and sought to identify the mechanisms that …