Millions of people are affected by respiratory diseases, leading to a significant health burden
globally. Because of the current insufficient knowledge of the underlying mechanisms that …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this review is to describe the current experimental and clinical
data regarding the fundamentals and applications of 18F-FDG PET during acute lung injury …

Invasive aspergillosis is a critical complication in immunocompromised patients with
hematologic malignancies or with viral pneumonia caused by influenza virus or SARS‑CoV …

The synthesis and validation of a new, highly potent 64Cu-labeled peptide, cFLFLFK-PEG-
64Cu, that targets the formyl peptide receptor (FPR) on leukocytes is described. The peptide …

Background Alveolar overdistension and repetitive derecruitment-recruitment contribute to
ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). The authors investigated (1) whether inflammatory cell …

Rationale: Although infection contributes to morbidity in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), the
host inflammatory response is also an important cause of progressive pulmonary function …

Inflammation is a common feature in several types of lung disease and is a frequent end
point to validate lung disease models, evaluate genetic or environmental impact on disease …

Recent studies indicate that a focal, limited, inflammatory response can be safely elicited
after direct bronchial instillation of small doses of endotoxin into a single lung segment …

Positron emission tomography (PET) provides three-dimensional images of the distributions
of radionuclides that have been inhaled or injected into the lungs. By using radionuclides …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) consists of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
characterized by massive and heterogeneously distributed loss of lung aeration caused by …