Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is still related to high mortality and morbidity
rates. Most patients with ARDS will require ventilatory support. This treatment has a direct …

Pulmonary inflammation is a hallmark of several pulmonary disorders including acute lung
injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Moreover, it has been shown that patients …

The aim of this study was to assess the utility of 3He MRI to noninvasively probe the effects
of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) maneuvers on alveolar recruitment and …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a major public health problem
worldwide since its outbreak in 2019. Currently, the spread of COVID-19 is far from over, and …

Background Respiratory diseases are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, yet
effective treatment options remain limited. Although inflammation is thought to be a key …

The emergence and global spread of COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the novel
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has resulted in a continuing pandemic threat to global health …

Since its original description in 1967 [1], there have been various attempts to use clinical
criteria to define the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The 1994 American …

There is an unmet need for noninvasive, specific and quantitative imaging of inherent
inflammatory activity. Vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) translocates to the luminal …

The technical advances in microscopy imaging techniques have been applied to assess the
fate of drugs for researching respiratory drug delivery in ex vivo and in vivo experiments …

Introduction Uric acid released from injured tissue is considered a major endogenous
danger signal and local instillation of uric acid crystals induces acute lung inflammation via …