Human exposure to toxic particles drives various diseases. Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Cells taken from the lungs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a larger accumulation of ...

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 ...

Macrophages, a type of white blood cell, play a critical role in initiating, maintaining and resolving inflammation in the body. When lung cells are destroyed by infection or the inhalation of ...

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 ...