Background: The clinical outcome of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is poor, with a 50%
survival rate at 3 years. Furthermore, current treatments provide little amelioration of …

Early Biomarkers of Inflammation in Dogs and Cats: The Acute Phase Proteins Page 1 Early
Biomarkers of Inflammation in Dogs and Cats: The Acute Phase Proteins S. Paltrinieri …

Neutrophils and alveolar macrophages are essential defence mechanisms against bacterial
infection of the lung. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the variability of a panel of …

Mice are commonly used to model human lung diseases. However, their small size poses
substantial problems for accurately measuring lung function. Non-invasive techniques have …

Neutrophilic inflammation is responsible for much of the tissue damage seen in many lung
diseases. For resolution of inflammation to occur, neutrophils must die by apoptosis …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Asthma is an inflammatory disease that involves airway
hyperresponsiveness and remodelling. Flavonoids have been associated to anti …

Recent advances in imaging offer exciting opportunities to develop and validate lung-
specific biomarkers as valuable adjuncts to diagnosis, tests of treatment efficacy, and/or …

The respiratory system acts as a portal into the human body for airborne materials, which
may gain access via the administration of medicines or inadvertently during inhalation of …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening lung injury characterized by
an acute inflammatory response in the lung parenchyma. Hence, it is considered as the most …

The stresses of transportation, weaning and commingling are associated with an increased
incidence of bacterial and viral pneumonia in cattle. Proteins expressed in the epithelial …