Studies on Respiratory Disorders

Introduction to oxidative stress and anti-oxidant therapy.- Role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in respiratory diseases: general considerations.- Role of exhaled biomarkers volatiles and exhaled breath condensate.- Pulmonary infections and oxidative injury.- Role of reactive oxygen species in causing acute lung injury.- Free radicals in pulmonary tuberculosis.- Oxidative injury caused by smoking and air-pollution.- Oxidative stress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.- Oxidative stress in asthma and allergic disease.- Oxygen free radicals in pulmonary hypertension.- Pulmonary fibrosis and oxidative stress.- Oxidant injury in sarcoidosis and other granulomatous disorders.- Oxidative stress in lung cancer.- Pulmonary toxicity from drugs, heavy metals and other poisonings – oxidant injury and role of anti-oxidants.- Oxidative stress and respiratory muscle dysfunction.- The critical role of Nrf2.- Development of novel antioxidants.- Asbestosis.