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 ...

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 ...

resulting in progressive pulmonary function deterioration. In particular, the surface of the alveoli (called the alveolar epithelium) is often affected. If the disease's origin is unknown ...

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

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 ...

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 ...