Colistin is an antibiotic of last resort, but has poor efficacy and resistance is a growing
problem. Whilst it is well established that colistin disrupts the bacterial outer membrane (OM) …

Bioaerosols are recognized as one of the main transmission routes for infectious diseases
and are responsible for other various types of health effects through inhalation and potential …

Proinflammatory immune responses to Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
are crucial to innate host defenses but can also contribute to pathology. How host cells …

Collecting and obtaining sufficient amount of airborne particles for multiple microbial
component assessments can be challenging. A passive dust sampling device, the …

Background The observed deficit of lung cancer in farmers has been partly attributed to
exposure to organic dusts and endotoxins based largely on surrogate metrics. To move …

Biomass fuels (wood) are commonly used indoors in underventilated environments for
cooking in the developing world, but the impact on lung physiology is poorly understood …

Objective To investigate intestinal endotoxemia (IETM), intestinal permeability (IP) and
cytokine activity in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC). Materials and methods Twenty-nine …

We conducted a randomized trial of portable HEPA air cleaners in the homes of children age
6–12 years with asthma in the Yakima Valley, Washington. All families received asthma …

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States, causes
significant morbidity, particularly in the inner-city, and accounts for billions of dollars in …

Environmental endotoxin is associated with a variety of respiratory diseases that arise in
occupational, agricultural, and domestic settings. Endotoxin refers to lipopolysaccharide …