Robert Bals

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency.

Antibiotic treatment of CF lung disease: from bench to bedside.

Serum cortisol predicts death and critical disease independently of CRB-65 score in community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective observational cohort study.

CDA-2, a urinary preparation, inhibits lung cancer development through the suppression of NF-kappaB activation in myeloid cell.

Analysis of the airway microbiota of healthy individuals and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by T-RFLP and clone sequencing.

Probenecid reduces infection and inflammation in acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia.

Moxifloxacin modulates inflammation during murine pneumonia.

Cathelicidin, an antimicrobial peptide produced by macrophages, promotes colon cancer by activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.

Combined exposure to bacteria and cigarette smoke resembles characteristic phenotypes of human COPD in a murine disease model.

Cigarette smoke-promoted acquisition of bacterial pathogens in the upper respiratory tract leads to enhanced inflammation in mice.

Sex differences in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency lung disease-analysis from the German registry.

Nanotechnology in respiratory medicine.

Chronic inhalation of cigarette smoke reduces phagocytosis in peripheral blood leukocytes.

The German COPD cohort COSYCONET: Aims, methods and descriptive analysis of the study population at baseline.

Results from a large targeted screening program for alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: 2003 - 2015.

Vitamin D Deficiency Does Not Result in a Breach of Host Defense in Murine Models of Pneumonia.

Peripheral Artery Disease and Its Clinical Relevance in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the COPD and Systemic Consequences-Comorbidities Network Study.

Rig-G is a growth inhibitory factor of lung cancer cells that suppresses STAT3 and NF-κB.

Basic science of electronic cigarettes: assessment in cell culture and in vivo models.

Increase of Mast Cell-Nerve Association and Neuropeptide Receptor Expression on Mast Cells in Perennial Allergic Rhinitis.

Transfer factor for carbon monoxide in patients with COPD and diabetes: results from the German COSYCONET cohort.

Allergic airway inflammation induces migration of mast cell populations into the mouse airway.

Costs and health-related quality of life in Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficient COPD patients.

Three-dimensional ultrashort echo time MRI and Short T images generated from subtraction for determination of tumor burden in lung cancer: Preclinical investigation in transgenic mice.

Relationship of hyperlipidemia to comorbidities and lung function in COPD: Results of the COSYCONET cohort.

Deterioration of quality of life is associated with the exacerbation frequency in individuals with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency - analysis from the German Registry.

Exacerbations and duration of smoking abstinence are associated with the annual loss of FEV in individuals with PiZZ alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency.

Cardiovascular risk in patients with alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency.

Intensive smoking diminishes the differences in quality of life and exacerbation frequency between the alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency genotypes PiZZ and PiSZ.

Vitamin D and Its Analogues Decrease Amyloid-β (Aβ) Formation and Increase Aβ-Degradation.

The revised GOLD 2017 COPD categorization in relation to comorbidities.

Hepatic-targeted RNA interference provides robust and persistent knockdown of alpha-1 antitrypsin levels in ZZ patients.

Airway obstruction and lung hyperinflation in COPD are linked to an impaired left ventricular diastolic filling.

Left ventricular volume and wall stress are linked to lung function impairment in COPD.

Cerebral oxygen availability during exercise in COPD patients with cognitive impairment.

Uric acid, lung function, physical capacity and exacerbation frequency in patients with COPD: a multi-dimensional approach.

Genome-wide MicroRNA Expression Profiles in COPD: Early Predictors for Cancer Development.

Large-scale validation of miRNAs by disease association, evolutionary conservation and pathway activity.

The composition of the pulmonary microbiota in sarcoidosis - an observational study.

COPD: Rethinking Patient Management - How to Approach a Challenging Patient Group Successfully.

Profiling of Alzheimer's disease related genes in mild to moderate vitamin D hypovitaminosis.

A murine model to study vasoreactivity and intravascular flow in lung isograft microvessels.

Effects of airway obstruction and hyperinflation on electrocardiographic axes in COPD.

Myeloid cell-derived LL-37 promotes lung cancer growth by activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling.

Consequences of chronic kidney disease in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Low miR-150-5p and miR-320b Expression Predicts Reduced Survival of COPD Patients.

Prevalence of cardiac comorbidities, and their underdetection and contribution to exertional symptoms in COPD: results from the COSYCONET cohort.

Association of Coding Polymorphism with Lung Function and Serum IL-1β Concentration in Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Adherence To Respiratory And Nonrespiratory Medication In Patients With COPD: Results Of The German COSYCONET Cohort.

The association of cognitive functioning as measured by the DemTect with functional and clinical characteristics of COPD: results from the COSYCONET cohort.

Time-updated resting heart rate predicts mortality in patients with COPD.

CAT score single item analysis in patients with COPD: Results from COSYCONET.

High-sensitivity troponin I and all-cause mortality in patients with stable COPD: an analysis of the COSYCONET study.

Protocol for the EARCO Registry: a pan-European observational study in patients with α-antitrypsin deficiency.

Easy measurement of health related quality of life in patients with cystic fibrosis by the COPD assessment test (CAT) - A pilot study.