How does asbestos exposure negatively affects the body’s immune response and repair mechanisms, particularly through ...

Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood ...

Researchers in Japan have successfully generated lung cells similar to alveolar epithelial type 2 (AT2) cells from mouse embryonic fibroblasts without using stem cell technology.

Researchers in Japan have successfully generated lung cells similar to alveolar epithelial type 2 (AT2) cells from mouse ...

The fibroblasts were directly converted into iPULs (induced pulmonary epithelial-like cells)—functionally akin to native AT2 ...