Pneumonia and its sequelae, acute lung injury, present unique challenges for pulmonary
and critical care healthcare professionals, and these challenges have recently garnered …

Alveolar type II (ATII) cells are a key structure of the distal lung epithelium, where they exert
their innate immune response and serve as progenitors of alveolar type I (ATI) cells …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is characterized by respiratory distress, multiorgan …

Worldwide 300 million children and adults are affected by asthma. The development of
asthma is influenced by environmental and other exogenous factors synergizing with …

Pulmonary surfactant is a critical component of lung function in healthy individuals. It
functions in part by lowering surface tension in the alveoli, thereby allowing for breathing …

Pneumonia is a type of acute lower respiratory infection that is common and severe. The
outcome of lower respiratory infection is determined by the degrees to which immunity is …

With an increasing global incidence in children younger than the age of five, respiratory
syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most common viral respiratory infections worldwide …

During development, animals generate distinct cell populations with specific identities,
functions, and morphologies. We mapped transcriptionally distinct populations across …

Recent years have witnessed an emergence of interest in understanding metabolic changes
associated with immune responses, termed immunometabolism. As oxygen is central to all …

With the outbreak of new respiratory viruses and high mortality rates of pulmonary diseases,
physiologically relevant models of human respiratory system are urgently needed to study …