Researchers looked at lung tissue from 28 COPD patients and 15 smokers who underwent surgery for suspected or confirmed lung ...

Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as ...

Scientists have long known that white blood cells called macrophages accumulate in the lungs of people suffering from pulmonary fibrosis. What role macrophages play in developing the often-fatal lung ...

Macrophages are immune cells that reside in and protect the lungs and are also recruited to the lungs in high numbers during injury or disease. They are key to the initiation and resolution of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Scientists have long known that white blood cells called macrophages accumulate in the lungs of people suffering from pulmonary fibrosis. What role macrophages play in developing the ...

They showed that lung vascular disease is preceded by inflammation. Later, they found that specific subtypes of macrophages ...

More information: Emily M. King et al, Gpnmb and Spp1 mark a conserved macrophage injury response masking fibrosis-specific ...

Interstitial macrophages are situated deep in the lungs, ordinarily protecting that precious organby, among other things, engorging viruses, bacteria, fungi and dust particles that make their way down ...

Alveolar macrophages, the immune scavenger cells of the lungs, degrade and recycle surfactant lipids. Defects in the development and function of alveolar macrophages lead to a disturbed surfactant ...

Surfactant does not only protect the lungs against airborne pathogens and dust, but also facilitates proper respiration by reducing the alveolar surface tension. Surfactant lipids are constantly ...