Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a syndrome of acute respiratory failure
caused by noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. Despite five decades of basic and clinical …

Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic progressive lung disease that steadily leads to lung
architecture disruption and respiratory failure. The development of pulmonary fibrosis is …

Appearance of alveolar protein-rich edema is an early event in the development of acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Alveolar edema in ARDS results from a significant …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) causes 40% mortality in approximately
200,000 critically ill patients annually in the United States. ARDS is caused by protein-rich …

Alveolar epithelial regeneration is essential for recovery from devastating lung diseases.
This process occurs when type II alveolar pneumocytes (AT2 cells) proliferate and …

Sepsis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has high morbidity and
mortality and arises after lung infection or infection at extrapulmonary sites. An aberrant host …

Background: The past several years have seen remarkable advances in understanding the
basic cellular and physiologic mechanisms underlying organ dysfunction and recovery …

Vitamin D regulates cell proliferation, inhibits cytokines release at sites of inflammation and
reduces inflammatory responses. In this study, the aim was to investigate whether …

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine (SCr) are not very sensitive and specific
markers of kidney function in acute kidney injury (AKI) as they are influenced by many renal …

Bacterial infections of the lungs and abdomen are among the most common causes of
sepsis. Abdominal peritonitis often results in acute lung injury (ALI). Recent reports …