Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease of lung parenchymal scarring that is triggered by ...

Lung epithelial cells are increasingly recognized to be active effectors of microbial defense, contributing to both innate and adaptive immune function in the lower respiratory tract. As immune ...

Is vaping cannabis less harmful to your health than smoking it? Many people seem to think so. However, two studies conducted ...

Attempts to understand the complex pathobiology of the mediators of ALI have led to improvements in clinical outcomes, particularly in terms of low tidal volume ventilation. [53] Ventilation with ...

Rein Therapeutics ("Rein") (NASDAQ: RNTX), a biopharmaceutical company advancing a novel pipeline of first-in-class medicines to address significant unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and ...

Two recent studies from The Institute suggest that cannabis vapour may have adverse effects on lung cellsIs vaping cannabis ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have uncovered a key molecular player that is involved in lung repair and in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, a common ...

Although the pulmonary epithelium, the carpet of cells that forms the inner surface of the lungs, is recognised as a major player in the respiratory inflammation that causes these diseases ...

In a Scientific Reports study, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers show how a low dose of cadmium produces a deleterious stress in lung epithelial cells, and their findings highlight ...

In animal models, inhibition of neutrophil chemokines or disruption of these chemokine gradients in the lung attenuates ALI. Molecules associated with enhanced wound closure, such as epithelial ...