ACT: Activation-induced T-cell derived and chemokine related; BCA: B cell-attracting chemokine; BLC: B-lymphocyte chemoattractant; BRAK: Breast and kidney-expressed chemokine; CTACK: Cutaneous T ...

A recent study from the Women’s Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai suggests that zinc could help reverse lung damage in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The findings, published in ...

Scientists may have uncovered an overlooked factor in why asthma attacks happen, and they say it could open up a whole new avenue for treatments. In a laboratory study in mice and human tissues ...

A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging entitled, "p21 facilitates chronic lung inflammation via epithelial and endothelial cells." Cellular senescence is a stable state of cell ...

In a new role for an ion transporter, Na +-K +-Cl − cotransporter-1 may regulate the lung endothelial and epithelial barriers and consequently modulate the host response to pneumonia and sepsis.

Research identifies how viral respiratory infection damages macrophages and suggests treatment with a pre-existing FDA approved drug.

According to the traditional view of lung development, ingrowing septa (dividers) emerge from a layer of epithelial, endothelial and mesenchymal cells to divide airspaces into the alveoli.