The human lung differs substantially from its mouse counterpart, resulting in a distinct distal
airway architecture affected by disease pathology in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

The influence of tobacco smoke on human health is still an important problem worldwide.
Complex inflammatory processes and changes in the immune system are crucial in the …

This review is the summary of a workshop on small airways disease, which took place in
Porquerolles, France in November 2011. The purpose of this workshop was to review the …

Rationale: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis causes significant infant mortality.
Bronchiolitis is characterized by airway epithelial cell (AEC) death; however, the mode of …

Background In this descriptive case series, 80 soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with
inhalational exposures during service in Iraq and Afghanistan were evaluated for dyspnea …

Mosaic attenuation is a commonly encountered pattern on computed tomography that is
defined as heterogeneous areas of differing lung attenuation. This heterogeneous pattern of …

Rationale: Workers in microwave popcorn plants are at risk of developing bronchiolitis
obliterans associated with exposure to butter flavoring volatiles, including diacetyl …

Context Surgical and pathologic handling of lung physically affects lung tissue. This leads to
artifacts that alter the morphologic appearance of pulmonary parenchyma. Objective—To …

BACKGROUND Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an inhaled antigen-mediated
interstitial lung disease (ILD). Advanced disease may necessitate the need for lung …

Flavorings-related lung disease is a potentially disabling disease of food industry workers
associated with exposure to the α-diketone butter flavoring, diacetyl (2, 3-butanedione). To …