These cells resemble the INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL (ICC) that are found in the gut, and which play an important role in initiating contractile activity. In this review we discuss the potential ...

Let-7, an established tumor suppressor microRNA, plays a key role in lung tissue repair and the development of scarring, a ...

The cause of interstitial cystitis ... The M3 receptor is also located on the detrusor muscle cells of the bladder and mediates cholinergic contraction of the urinary bladder and other smooth ...

Patients with systemic sclerosis or Sjögren's syndrome suffer from various inflammatory reactions triggered by the body's own ...

In the study, mouse IMs were found to produce high levels ... area of future investigation. TITLE: Lung interstitial macrophages alter dendritic cell functions to prevent airway allergy in mice ...

Instead, they found that these cells, which they named NAMs ... "The new work unveils nerve and airway-associated interstitial macrophages as key players in the choreography of recovery-poised ...

The microscopical appearance was that of an unusual interstitial pneumonia characterized by slight thickening of the alveolar walls with masses of large cells in the distal air spaces (Fig.

The ground-breaking initiative Open-ILD (An Open Access Repository of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Children and Adults with Interstitial Lung Disease) took center stage following the completion of ...

Experiments in mice infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus revealed that the immune cell class in question, called nerve and airway-associated interstitial ... the researchers found in NAM-depleted ...