The lungs were long thought to be sterile until technical advances uncovered the presence
of the lung microbial community. The microbiome of healthy lungs is mainly derived from the …

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is an immune‐mediated interstitial lung disease caused by an
aberrant response to an inhaled exposure, which results in mostly T cell–mediated …

Some patients hospitalized with acute COVID-19 suffer respiratory symptoms that persist for
many months. We delineated the immune-proteomic landscape in the airways and …

Fibrotic Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are complex disorders of variable clinical behaviour.
The majority of them cause significant morbidity, whilst Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is one of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) with
poor prognosis. S100 calcium binding protein A12 (S100A12) has been reported as a …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disabling autoimmune disease with invasive arthritis as the
main manifestation and synovitis as the basic pathological change, which can cause …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is an etiologically complex interstitial lung disease
characterized by progressive scarring of the lungs with a subsequent decline in lung …

Interactions between the lung epithelium and the immune system involve a tight regulation
to prevent inappropriate reactions and have been connected to several pulmonary diseases …

Interstitial lung diseases represent a heterogeneous and wide group of diseases in which
factors leading to disease initiation and progression are not fully understood. Recent …

Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and often fatal disease. The pathogenesis is characterized
by aberrant repair of lung parenchyma, resulting in loss of physiological homeostasis …