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

Trained immunity in alveolar macrophages can lead to damaging lung inflammation, confirming the importance of context in this phenomenon.

Japanese researchers have generated lung cells directly from mouse tissue. These lung cells are called Alveolar Epithelial ...

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

GRANITE CITY - Becky Hansel is organizing a fundraiser to support her 16-year-old niece, Trinity Waelterman, of Granite City, ...

Researchers looked at lung tissue from 28 COPD patients and 15 smokers who underwent surgery for suspected or confirmed lung ...

Alveolar macrophages instruct CD8+ T cell expansion by antigen cross-presentation in lung. Cell Reports , 2022; 41 (11): 111828 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111828 Cite This Page : ...

Relative alveolar hypoventilation is directly related to the compensatory mechanisms that follow pulmonary vascular occlusion. Because of the mechanical block in the circulation, ...

PULMONARY alveolar microlithiasis is a rare and extraordinary disease in which microscopic stones are found within the pulmonary alveoli. The lungs, which are heavy and stony hard, cut with the gre ...

Alveolar macrophages need to be stimulated by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to function properly in clearing surfactant, but in aPAP, ...

Alveolar echinococcosis is a disease caused by an infection with tiny tapeworms. While it’s rare, AE can cause harmful, sometimes fatal, side effects in humans. Learn more about the symptoms ...