{"title":"Metastazavusio nesmulkiųjų ląstelių plaučių vėžio gydymas pembrolizumabu ir chemoterapija. Klinikinės praktikos tyrimo duomenys","authors":"Neringa Vagulienė","doi":"10.37499/pia.1430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1430","url":null,"abstract":"Pembrolizumabas yra programuotos ląstelės žūties baltymo 1 (angl. programmed cell death protein-1, PD-1) inhibitorius, patvirtintas metastazavusiam nesmulkiųjų ląstelių plaučių vėžiui (NSLPV) gydyti kartu su chemoterapija, nepriklausomai nuo programuotos ląstelių žūties baltymo ligando 1 (angl. programmed cell death protein ligand-1, PD-L1) raiškos navikiniame audinyje. Klinikinės praktikos duomenimis, imunoterapija ir chemoterapija yra veiksminga neatsižvelgiant į PD-L1 raišką ir NSLPV histologinį tipą","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"30 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141104027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrius Januškevičius, Eglė Vasylė, Kęstutis Malakauskas
{"title":"Asthma: a New Approach to the Bronchial Epithelium","authors":"Andrius Januškevičius, Eglė Vasylė, Kęstutis Malakauskas","doi":"10.37499/pia.1425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1425","url":null,"abstract":"The bronchial epithelium serves as a critical defense line against environmental insults, acting not merely as a barrier but as a complex, dynamic system enriched with diverse cell types such as ciliated cells, goblet cells, and basal cells. Recent advancements in single-cell ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing have further unveiled the complexity of this layer by identifying additional cell types like ionocytes, neuroendocrine cells, tuft cells, deuterosomal cells, club cells and mucus ciliated cells. These cells collectively maintain respiratory health through various mechanisms including the mucociliary escalator, mucus production, airway repair, and immune modulation. Disruptions in the epithelial barrier can lead to respiratory diseases like asthma, highlighting the importance of understanding these intricate cellular relationships for developing targeted therapies. This epithelial complexity is crucial for pulmonary homeostasis and the pathogenesis of asthma, where abnormal epithelial remodeling and dysfunction are central. The identification of a novel mucous ciliated cell state in asthma, co-expressing genes associated with both ciliated and goblet cells, offers new insights into the disease’s pathogenesis and therapeutic targets. The epithelial barrier’s integrity, maintained by tight junctions and adherents’ junctions, is essential for protecting the underlying tissue from environmental threats. However, in asthma, this barrier is compromised, leading to increased allergen permeability, airway hyperresponsiveness, inflammation, and remodeling. Despite advances, the need for novel concepts in asthma pathogenesis remains, particularly to address the limitations of the current T helper 2-dominant paradigm in explaining the connection between airway inflammation and remodeling. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying epithelial barrier dysfunction could pave the way for novel asthma treatments focused on enhancing barrier integrity, ultimately improving patient outcomes.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"37 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141107877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fizinio krūvio sukelta bronchokonstrikcija","authors":"Laima Kondratavičienė","doi":"10.37499/pia.1421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1421","url":null,"abstract":"Fizinio krūvio sukelta bronchokonstrikcija – tai trumpalaikis kvėpavimo takų susiaurėjimas, atsirandantis po intensyvaus fizinio krūvio. Simptomai atsiranda praėjus 5–10 min. po fizinio krūvio ir savaime praeina po maždaug 30 min. nutraukus fizinį krūvį. Pagrindinis fizinio krūvio sukeltos bronchokonstrikcijos diagnostikos kriterijus – forsuoto iškvėpimo tūrio per pirmą sekundę (angl. forced expiratory volume in 1st second, FEV1) sumažėjimas 10 proc. arba daugiau nuo pradinio po fizinio krūvio provokacinio mėginio. Vis tik nėra vieningų gydymo rekomendacijų.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"15 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141105397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cistinės fibrozės diagnostika ir specifinės su liga susijusios būklės","authors":"Virginija Kalinauskaitė-Žukauskė","doi":"10.37499/pia.1423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1423","url":null,"abstract":"Cistinė fibrozė (CF) yra reta, autosominiu recesyviniu būdu paveldima liga, kurią nulemia baltymo CF transmembraninio laidumo reguliatoriaus (angl. cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, CFTR) geno mutacijos. CF gali būti nustatoma tiek naujagimystės, kūdikystės, vaikystės laikotarpiu, tiek suaugus. Ligos diagnostikos kriterijai yra aiškiai apibrėžti, vis tik pasitaiko atvejų, kai atliktų tyrimų rezultatai yra prieštaringi. Su CFTR susijęs metabolinis sindromas arba su CFTR susijęs sutrikimas nėra lygu CF, nors tokie pacientai turi būti intensyviau stebimi, o diagnozė, atsiradus naujiems kriterijams, gali būti keičiama. Pacientui, sergančiam CF, nustatoma nemažai klinikinių ligos išraiškų, komplikacijų. Šiame straipsnyje apžvelgiamos kelios su CF susijusios specifinės būklės – su CF susijęs diabetas, su CF susijusios kepenų ligos, kaulų liga, sergant CF, distalinio žarnyno nepraeinamumo sindromas, druskos netekimo sindromas – dėl kurių rekomenduojama reguliariai atlikti paciento patikrą ir prireikus gydyti.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"91 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141105902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Itin smulkių dalelių trijų vaistų derinio veiksmingumas, gydant lėtinę obstrukcinę plaučių ligą. „TriOptimize“ tyrimo duomenys","authors":"Virginija Kalinauskaitė-Žukauskė","doi":"10.37499/pia.1428","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1428","url":null,"abstract":"Atlikta nemažai tyrimų, kuriuose vertinamas įvairių gydymo schemų veiksmingumas, sergant vidutinio sunkumo ir sunkia lėtine obstrukcine plaučių liga (LOPL). Įrodyta, kad tikslinis gydymas yra dviguba arba triguba terapija. Stinga praktiniais įrodymais pagrįstų duomenų, kaip keičiasi ligos simptomai, plaučių funkcija, su sveikata susijusi gyvenimo kokybė, skirto gydymo režimo laikymasis, keičiant gydymą iš dvigubos arba trigubos terapijos, bet skirtinguose inhaliatoriuose, į gydymą triguba terapija viename inhaliatoriuje, formuojančiame itin smulkias vaisto daleles (beklometazono, formoterolio ir glikopironio derinys). Straipsnyje pateikiami praktinio tyrimo „TriOptimize“ duomenys, kurie parodė, kad toks perėjimas pagerino ligos simptomus, plaučių funkciją, su sveikata susijusią gyvenimo kokybę ir skirto gydymo režimo laikymąsi.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"53 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141103030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Idiopatinės plaučių fibrozės gydymo siekiai. Klinikinis atvejis","authors":"Gediminas Vasiliauskas","doi":"10.37499/pia.1424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1424","url":null,"abstract":"Idiopatinė plaučių fibrozė yra nežinomos kilmės, blogos prognozės lėtinė fibrozuojanti intersticinė pneumonija. Šiai ligai gydyti vartojami du priešfibrotiniai vaistai – pirfenidonas ir nintedanibas. Jie gali sulėtinti plaučių funkcijos ir gyvenimo kokybės blogėjimą. Pacientui 2013 m. nustatyta idiopatinė plaučių fibrozė, remiantis klinikiniais bei įprastai intersticinei pneumonijai būdingais histologiniais ir radiologiniais požymiais. Nuo 2016 m., skyrus priešfibrotinį vaistą nintedanibą, stebėtas žymus plaučių funkcijos rodiklių blogėjimo sulėtėjimas.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"14 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141105528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sunkios eozinofilinės astmos biologinė terapija interleukino-5 monokloniniu antikūnu mepolizumabu, sergant gretutinėmis ligomis","authors":"Ieva Dimienė","doi":"10.37499/pia.1431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1431","url":null,"abstract":"Pagrindinis sunkios astmos gydymo tikslas – paūmėjimų ir skubios hospitalizacijos prevencija. Pastaruoju metu atsiranda duomenų, jog sunkios eozinofilinės astmos gydymo papildymas biologine terapija interleukino 5 antikūnu mepolizumabu gali padėti pasiekti klinikinę remisiją. Be to, šis vaistas padeda sėkmingai gydyti sunkią astmą netgi sergant įvairiomis gretutinėmis ligomis. Atkreiptinas dėmesys, kad mepolizumabas gali būti skiriamas kaip papildomas gydymas ir kai kurių kitų eozinofilinių ligų atveju.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"27 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141104197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of the Allergist in the Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions","authors":"Edgars Schlomo Atias, Justina Šematonytė","doi":"10.37499/pia.1426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1426","url":null,"abstract":"Chemotherapy-Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions are one of the main problems for oncology physicians and chemotherapy patients. The hypersensitivity reaction can either cause the cessation of the first-line treatment and it may impair the final result and impede or decrease the chances for successful treatment. Chemotherapy drugs are foreign substances that are capable to inducing the various hypersensitivity reactions from mild cutaneous symptoms to severe respiratory distress and cardiovascular collapse. The original Gell and Coomb’s classification categorizes hypersensitivity reactions into four types according to the type of immune response and the effector mechanism responsible for cell and tissue injury. The most common reactions are caused by platinum compounds, taxanes, epipodophyllotoxins, and asparaginase. The use of biologicals is increasing now, and these drugs are frequent causes of hypersensitivity reactions too. Skin testing is a method of diagnosing drug hypersensitivity, but it has not been developed enough in the field of medical oncology where a variety of the antineoplastic agents may be caused hypersensitivity reactions. Drug desensitization is the benefitial therapy in patients with chemotherapyinduced hypersensitivity reactions to chemotherapeutic drugs. This is useful for chemotherapy patients with malignancies and hematological diseases when no comparable alternative is available.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"14 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141105523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Egidija Kukarskytė, Marius Šukys, Jurgita Zaveckienė, Valdas Šarauskas, Ieva Bajoriūnienė
{"title":"Plaučių pažeidimas, sergant pirminiu humoraliniu imunodeficitu","authors":"Egidija Kukarskytė, Marius Šukys, Jurgita Zaveckienė, Valdas Šarauskas, Ieva Bajoriūnienė","doi":"10.37499/pia.1422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1422","url":null,"abstract":"Kvėpavimo organų pažeidimas dažnai nustatomas pacientams, sergantiems pirminiu humoraliniu imunodeficitu. Infekcinės ir neinfekcinės plaučių komplikacijos dažnai lemia nepalankią prognozę. Kvėpavimo ligos, susijusios su imunodeficitu, nustatymas laiku, komplikacijų stebėsena ir gydymas gali sumažinti ligos naštą.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"17 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141104855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kęstutis Malakauskas (redaktorius), Kristina Biekšienė, Jurgita Zaveckienė, Lina Poškienė, Laima Dobrovolskienė, Valdas Šarauskas, Marius Žemaitis, Skaidrius Miliauskas
{"title":"Idiopatinės plaučių fibrozės ir progresuojančios plaučių fibrozės diagnostikos ir gydymo rekomendacijos 2024 m","authors":"Kęstutis Malakauskas (redaktorius), Kristina Biekšienė, Jurgita Zaveckienė, Lina Poškienė, Laima Dobrovolskienė, Valdas Šarauskas, Marius Žemaitis, Skaidrius Miliauskas","doi":"10.37499/pia.1419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37499/pia.1419","url":null,"abstract":"Straipsnyje pateikiamos idiopatinės plaučių fibrozės (IPF) ir progresuojančios plaučių fibrozės (PPF), sergant fibrozuojančia intersticine plaučių liga (IPL), išskyrus IPF, diagnostikos ir gydymo rekomendacijos. Šiose rekomendacijose pateikiami radiologiniai ir histopatologiniai IPF ir PPF diagnostikos kriterijai, taip pat dabartinio gydymo galimybės.","PeriodicalId":244051,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonology and allergology","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141107489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}