Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease characterised by chronic,
progressive scarring of the lungs and the pathological hallmark of usual interstitial …

Acrolein, a highly reactive unsaturated aldehyde, is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant
that seriously threatens human health and life. Due to its high reactivity, cytotoxicity and …

Prolidase (peptidase D), encoded by the PEPD gene, is a ubiquitously expressed cytosolic
metalloproteinase, the only enzyme capable of cleaving imidodipeptides containing C …

Purpose Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and lethal lung disease of
unknown origin whose incidence has been increasing over the latest decade partly as a …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) comprise a
spectrum of acute inflammatory pulmonary oedema resulting in refractory hypoxaemia in the …

A conducting molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) film was integrated with an extended-gate
field-effect transistor (EG-FET) transducer to determine epitopes of matrix metalloproteinase …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an irreversible interstitial pulmonary
disease featured by high mortality, chronic and progressive course, and poor prognosis with …

Since its first appearance in December 2019 in the Chinese province of Wuhan, COVID-19
has spread rapidly throughout the world and poses a serious threat to public health. Acute …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most frequent fibrotic diffuse parenchymal lung
disease. Its prognosis is devastating:> 50% of the patients die within 3 years after diagnosis …

In this article, we review the evidence for peripheral blood biomarkers in idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a life-threatening fibrotic lung disease of unknown etiology. We …