All roads lead to COPD… or not?

Our understanding of the pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has changed very significantly over the past few years [1-4]. Since the seminal description by Fletcher and Peto back in 1976, COPD was traditionally understood as a self-inflicted disease by tobacco smoking occurr...

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Autores: Agustí García-Navarro, Àlvar, Faner, Rosa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/218924
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/218924
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Genètica
Malalties pulmonars obstructives cròniques
Pulmó
Espirometria
Genetics
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
Lung
Spirometry
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Sumario:Our understanding of the pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has changed very significantly over the past few years [1-4]. Since the seminal description by Fletcher and Peto back in 1976, COPD was traditionally understood as a self-inflicted disease by tobacco smoking occurring in old, “susceptible” males and characterized by an accelerated decline of lung function with age. By contrast, according to the 2023 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) recommendations, COPD is now understood as a “heterogeneous condition that results from gene (G) - environment (E) interactions occurring over the lifetime (T) of the individual (GETomics) that can damage the lungs and/or alter their normal development/ageing process”.