A new study supports the clinical utility of human nasal epithelial cultures as predictive biomarkers for cystic fibrosis ...

Cigarette smoke has a greater impact on airway health than marijuana smoke or vaping, according to new research by UC Davis.

A recent study published by Rutgers Health experts in the European Respiratory Journal identified interconnected webs of ...

In allergic airway inflammation ... GM-CSF as well as T cell-derived IL-3 or IL-5 from Th2 cells or ILC2s. Inflammatory eosinophils execute various functions, like damaging the epithelium, activating ...

Animal models such as dog, rodent and pig can be used to study infectious and genetic respiratory illnesses. Interactions between alveolar epithelial cells and macrophages shape lung development ...

We examined the effects of a synthetic derivative of HDP, innate defence regulator (IDR) peptide IDR-1002, in house dust mite (HDM)-challenged murine model of asthma, in interleukin (IL)-33-challenged ...

In contrast, physiological cell shedding allows the renewal of the epithelial monolayer without compromising the barrier function. Here, we investigated the role of live cell extrusion in epithelial ...

College of Chinese Materia Medica, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China ...

“Our clinical observations herein show that [basal cells] infusion is able to further prevent deterioration and reverse the declining trend of lung function parameters,” scientists wrote. “This is a ...

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, United States Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Oklahoma State ...