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  1. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease that almost exclusively affects women of reproductive age. Patients are warned of the increased risks if they become pregnant. However, information on pregnancy...

    Authors: Lisha Shen, Whenshuai Xu, Jinsong Gao, Jun Wang, Jiannan Huang, Yani Wang, Yudi He, Yanli Yang, Xinlun Tian and Kai-Feng Xu
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2021 16:133
  2. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare neoplastic disorder characterized predominantly by dyspnea, recurrent pneumothorax, chylous effusion and diffuse pulmonary cystic changes in women. Vascular endothelial...

    Authors: Luning Yang, Hanghang Wang, Chongsheng Cheng, Miaoyan Zhang, Danjing Hu, Yani Wang, Tengyue Zhang, Xiaoxin Zhang, Song Liu, Wenshuai Xu, Junya Liu, Jinrong Dai, Shuzhen Meng, Yanli Yang, Shao-Ting Wang, Xinlun Tian…
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2025 20:255
  3. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare, slowly progressing, low-grade metastatic tumor primarily affecting women. Currently, vascular endothelial growth factor–D (VEGF-D) is the only validated diagnostic bio...

    Authors: Liting Huang, Ying Xiao, Lulu Yang and Siying Ren
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2024 19:445
  4. Determine TB-LAM is the first point-of-care test (POC) for HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) and rapidly identifies TB in those at high-risk for short-term mortality. While the relationship between urine-LAM an...

    Authors: Andrew D. Kerkhoff, Nicky Longley, Nicola Kelly, Anna Cross, Monica Vogt, Robin Wood, Sabine Hermans, Stephen D. Lawn and Thomas S. Harrison
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:555
  5. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease which is easily misdiagnosed. Vascular endothelial growth factor D (VEGF-D), as the most common biomarker, however, is not so perfect for the diagnosis and seve...

    Authors: Xixi Song, Hui Cai, Wenjun Peng, Ke Chen, Zilinuer Abuduxukuer, Yingying Zeng, Guiping Zhu, Chong Lu, Yu Chen, Jian Wang, Ling Ye and Meiling Jin
    Citation: Respiratory Research 2024 25:57
  6. Detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall antigen lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine permits diagnoses of tuberculosis (TB) to be made in HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency. This can b...

    Authors: Stephen D Lawn, Keertan Dheda, Andrew D Kerkhoff, Jonathan G Peter, Susan Dorman, Catharina C Boehme and Mark P Nicol
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:407
  7. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis is a rare disease occurring almost exclusively in women. Diagnosis often requires surgical biopsy and the clinical course varies between patients with no predictors of progression. We ...

    Authors: William YC Chang, Jennifer L Cane, John D Blakey, Maruti Kumaran, Kate S Pointon and Simon R Johnson
    Citation: Respiratory Research 2012 13:34
  8. To evaluate the effects of yoga on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare cystic lung disease in women.

    Authors: Xiangfeng Li, Wenshuai Xu, Lu Zhang, Yi Zu, Yu Li, Yanli Yang, Ying Xiang, Yun Xiang, Ling Chen, Wei Liu, Lixia Chen and Kai-Feng Xu
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2020 15:72
  9. Extra pulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis (TB) accounts for approximately one-half of TB cases in HIV-infected individuals with pleural TB as the second most common location. Even though mycobacteria are c...

    Authors: Tehmina Mustafa, Ida Wergeland, Kamaldeen Baba, Sharad Pathak, Anwar A. Hoosen and Anne Margarita Dyrhol-Riise
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:459
  10. Sirolimus has been shown to be effective in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). We wish to summarize our experience using sirolimus and its effectiveness in LAM patients.

    Authors: Yongzhong Zhan, Lisha Shen, Wenshuai Xu, Xiuxiu Wu, Weihong Zhang, Jun Wang, Xue Li, Yanli Yang, Xinlun Tian and Kai-Feng Xu
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2018 13:34
  11. Sirolimus has been confirmed to be effective for lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare multisystem neoplastic disease in women. The long-term effects of sirolimus treatment for LAM, however, are largely unkno...

    Authors: Siqi Hu, Xiuxiu Wu, Wenshuai Xu, Xinlun Tian, Yanli Yang, Shao-Ting Wang, Song Liu, Xingxiang Xu and Kai-Feng Xu
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2019 14:206
  12. With improved prognosis after lung transplantation (LTx), improving health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients who have undergone LTx is a key goal. Although HRQL is improved significantly after transpl...

    Authors: Ryo Takahashi, Tamao Takahashi, Yoshinori Okada, Masahiro Kohzuki and Satoru Ebihara
    Citation: BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2023 23:225
  13. A diverse set of transcripts called 185/333 is strongly expressed in sea urchins responding to immune challenge. Optimal alignments of full-length 185/333 cDNAs requires the insertion of large gaps that define 25...

    Authors: David P Terwilliger, Katherine M Buckley, Virginia Brockton, Nicole J Ritter and L Courtney Smith
    Citation: BMC Molecular Biology 2007 8:16
  14. Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a highly conserved serine/threonine kinase that regulates key cellular processes including cell growth, autophagy and metabolism. Hyperactivation of the mTOR pathway c...

    Authors: Laura Mantoan Ritter, Nicholas M. P. Annear, Emma L. Baple, Leila Y. Ben-Chaabane, Istvan Bodi, Lauren Brosson, Jill E. Cadwgan, Bryn Coslett, Andrew H. Crosby, D. Mark Davies, Nicola Daykin, Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere, Christina Dühring Fenger, Elaine A. Dunlop, Frances V. Elmslie, Marie Girodengo…
    Citation: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2025 20:256