Airway trees in the Anthropocene.

Editorial FocusAirway trees in the AnthropoceneBenjamin M. SmithBenjamin M. SmithDepartment of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New YorkPublished Online:19 Dec 2022https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00666.2022This is the final version - click for previous versionMoreSectionsFull TextPDF (198 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat "Airway trees in the Anthropocene." Journal of Applied Physiology, 134(1), pp. 18–19REFERENCES1. Aeby C. Der Bronchialbaum der Säugethiere und des Menschen: nebst Bemerkungen über den Bronchialbaum der Vögel und Reptilien. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1880.Google Scholar2. Ewart W. The Bronchi and Pulmonary Blood-Vessels: Their Anatomy and Nomenclature with a Criticism of Professor Aeby’s View on the Bronchial Tree of Mammalia and of Man. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1889.Google Scholar3. Green M, Mead J, Turner JM. Variability of maximum expiratory flow-volume curves. J Appl Physiol 37: 67–74, 1974. doi:10.1152/jappl.1974.37.1.67.Link | ISI | Google Scholar4. Smith BM, Kirby M, Hoffman EA, Kronmal RA, Aaron SD, Allen NB, Bertoni A, Coxson HO, Cooper C, Couper DJ, Criner G, Dransfield MT, Han MK, Hansel NN, Jacobs DR, Kaufman JD, Lin C-L, Manichaikul A, Martinez FJ, Michos ED, Oelsner EC, Paine R 3rd, Watson KE, Benedetti A, Tan WC, Bourbeau J, Woodruff PG, Barr RG; MESA Lung, CanCOLD, and SPIROMICS Investigators. Association of dysanapsis with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among older adults. JAMA 323: 2268–2280, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.6918.Crossref | PubMed | ISI | Google Scholar5. Vameghestahbanati M, Hiura GT, Barr RG, Sieren JC, Smith BM, Hoffman EA. CT-assessed dysanapsis and airflow obstruction in early and mid adulthood. Chest 161: 389–391, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2021.08.038.Crossref | PubMed | ISI | Google Scholar6. Vameghestahbanati M, Kirby M, Tanabe N, Vasilescu DM, Janssens W, Everaerts S, Vanaudenaerde BM, Benedetti A, Hogg JC, Smith BM. Central airway tree dysanapsis extends to the peripheral airways. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 203: 378–381, 2021. doi:10.1164/rccm.202007-3025LE.Crossref | PubMed | ISI | Google Scholar7. Kirby M, Tanabe N, Tan WC, Zhou G, Obeidat M, Hague CJ, Leipsic J, Bourbeau J, Sin DD, Hogg JC, Coxson HO; CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group, the Canadian Respiratory Research Network. Total airway count on computed tomography and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease progression. Findings from a population-based study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med . 197: 56–65, 2018. doi:10.1164/rccm.201704-0692OC.Crossref | PubMed | ISI | Google Scholar8. Bodduluri S, Puliyakote ASK, Gerard SE, Reinhardt JM, Hoffman EA, Newell JD Jr, Nath HP, Han MK, Washko GR, San José Estépar R, Dransfield MT, Bhatt SP; COPDGene Investigators. Airway fractal dimension predicts respiratory morbidity and mortality in COPD. J Clin Invest 128: 5676, 2018. doi:10.1172/JCI125987.Crossref | PubMed | ISI | Google Scholar9. Bodduluri S, Kizhakke Puliyakote A, Nakhmani A, Charbonnier JP, Reinhardt JM, Bhatt SP. Computed tomography-based airway surface area-to-volume ratio for phenotyping airway remodeling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 203: 185–191, 2021. doi:10.1164/rccm.202004-0951OC.Crossref | PubMed | ISI | Google Scholar10. Maetani T, Tanabe N, Terada S, Shiraishi Y, Shima H, Kaji S, Sakamoto R, Oguma T, Sato S, Masuda I, Hirai T. Physiological impacts of computed tomography airway dysanapsis, fractal dimension and branch count in asymptomatic never smokers. J Appl Physiol (1985). doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00385.2022. Link | Google Scholar Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation Related ArticlesPhysiological impacts of computed tomography airway dysanapsis, fractal dimension, and branch count in asymptomatic never smokers 19 Dec 2022Journal of Applied Physiology More from this issue > Volume 134Issue 1January 2023Pages 18-19 Crossmark Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2023 the American Physiological Society.https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00666.2022PubMed36417199History Received 4 November 2022 Accepted 9 November 2022 Published online 19 December 2022 Published in print 1 January 2023 Keywordsairwaycomputed tomographydysanapsis Metrics