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 ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells — which ...

Numerous factors contribute to the pathobiology of ALI/ARDS, and this section will discuss the putative mechanisms of ALI/ARDS, including impairment of alveolar fluid clearance, epithelial cell ...

Diffuse alveolar damage - Disruption and loss of both epithelial and endothelial cells - Exudation of protein-rich edema fluid - Presence of hyaline membranes on the epithelial side of the ...