New discovery on the causes of PAP lung disease can also offer solutions for treating obesity and heart disease. The research group of Associate Professor Alexander Mildner at the University of Turku, ...

Researchers have discovered that lung-based immune cells can be "trained" to remember a previously encountered pathogen, making them more efficient at clearing out the cellular debris that accumulates ...

Alveolar macrophages are immune cells that live in the tiny air sacs of the lungs. Under normal conditions, these cells act as guardians, keeping the lungs healthy, supporting breathing, and ...

New discovery on the causes of PAP lung disease can also offer solutions for treating obesity and heart disease. The research group has identified a genetic defect that causes the accumulation of ...

Savara Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: SVRA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, ...

The human immune system is a highly complex network of cells, signals, and responses that is tightly regulated to ensure that the body can fight off infection without damaging its own tissues. Now, ...

Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute report they have created a new cell culture model for human alveolar macrophages in the lab. The model was developed to improve research for lung ...

New research has shed light on a molecular mechanism that fuels inflammation in acute lung injury (ALI), a severe and often fatal condition. Macrophage necroptosis, a form of cell death, is a ...

Pulmonary alveoli are tiny bubble-like air sacs at the end of bronchial tubes. They are vital for survival as they exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide. The alveoli are covered by a thin fluid film ...

Researchers have found that antigen-specific killer T cells (CD8+ T cells) rapidly expand in the lungs when primed by antigen-presenting lung-resident alveolar macrophages (AMs). This interaction ...