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Species | Roelinka BroekhuizenSummaryAffiliation: Maastricht University Country: The Netherlands Publications
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Leptin as local inflammatory marker in COPDR Broekhuizen
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht, University Hospital Maastricht, P O Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
Respir Med 99:70-4. 2005....
Raised CRP levels mark metabolic and functional impairment in advanced COPDR Broekhuizen
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, P O Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
Thorax 61:17-22. 2006..A study was undertaken to investigate the discriminative value of high sensitivity CRP in COPD with respect to markers of local and systemic impairment, disability, and handicap...
Polyunsaturated fatty acids improve exercise capacity in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseR Broekhuizen
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Thorax 60:376-82. 2005..The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of PUFA modulation on systemic inflammation, reversal of muscle wasting, and functional status in COPD...
Optimizing oral nutritional drink supplementation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseRoelinka Broekhuizen
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Br J Nutr 93:965-71. 2005..This study illustrates that there might be an optimum for the portion size of nutritional drink supplements in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and that more is not always better...
Pulmonary cachexia, systemic inflammatory profile, and the interleukin 1beta -511 single nucleotide polymorphismRoelinka Broekhuizen
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
Am J Clin Nutr 82:1059-64. 2005..Cachexia is common in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is thought to be linked to an enhanced systemic inflammatory response...
Body composition and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseAnnemie M W J Schols
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands
Am J Clin Nutr 82:53-9. 2005..Survival studies have consistently shown significantly greater mortality rates in underweight and normal-weight patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than in overweight and obese COPD patients...
Limb muscle dysfunction in COPD: effects of muscle wasting and exercise trainingFrits M E Franssen
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, P O Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:2-9. 2005....
Exercise training restores uncoupling protein-3 content in limb muscles of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseHarry R Gosker
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht Univ, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 290:E976-81. 2006..We conclude that exercise-training can restore muscle UCP3 protein level in COPD, and the nature of this response complies with the hypothesis that UCP3 may protect against lipotoxicity...
Effects of whole-body exercise training on body composition and functional capacity in normal-weight patients with COPDFrits M E Franssen
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, Germany
Chest 125:2021-8. 2004..Skeletal muscle wasting is related to muscle dysfunction, exercise intolerance, and increased mortality risk in patients with COPD...
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor expression is reduced in skeletal muscle in COPDA H Remels
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Maastricht, P O Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eur Respir J 30:245-52. 2007..Therefore, a disturbed expression of these regulatory factors may well underlie the disturbed skeletal muscle functioning in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
Efficacy and costs of nutritional rehabilitation in muscle-wasted patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a community-based setting: a prespecified subgroup analysis of the INTERCOM trialCarel R van Wetering
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:179-87. 2010..Limited data are available on effectiveness and costs of nutritional rehabilitation for patients with COPD in community care...
Cellular protein breakdown and systemic inflammation are unaffected by pulmonary rehabilitation in COPDCharlotte E Bolton
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff University, Academic Centre, Llandough Hospital, Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff, UK
Thorax 62:109-14. 2007..Pulmonary rehabilitation can improve the functional capacity, but has a variable effect on the low fat-free mass (FFM) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
