Inflammation of the human lung is mediated in response to different stimuli (eg, physical,
radioactive, infective, pro-allergenic or toxic) such as cigarette smoke and environmental …

Increasing evidence indicates that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a
complex disease involving more than airflow obstruction. Airflow obstruction has profound …

Most deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic are due to acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS)-related respiratory failure. Cytokine storms and oxidative stress are the major …

Air pollution has been considered a hazard to human health. In the past decades, many
studies highlighted the role of ambient airborne particulate matter (PM) as an important …

The Nrf2 (nuclear factor E2 p45-related factor 2) transcription factor responds to diverse
oxidative and electrophilic environmental stresses by circumventing repression by Keap1 …

Diabetic cardiomyopathy as an important threat to health occurs with or without coexistence
of vascular diseases. The exact mechanisms underlying the disease remain incompletely …

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) are promising
nanotherapeutic agent for pneumonia (bacterial origin, COVID-19), but the optimal …

Drug resistance during chemotherapy is the major obstacle to the successful treatment of
many cancers. Here, we report that inhibition of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) may be a …

Ambient particulate matter (PM) is an environmental factor that has been associated with
increased respiratory morbidity and mortality. The major effect of ambient PM on the …

Background Previous studies had showed that Apelin 13 could protect against apoptosis
induced by ischemic/reperfusion (I/R). However, the mechanisms whereby Apelin 13 …