A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...

Background:The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by protein-rich oedema in the alveolar spaces ... proteins in the pulmonary alveoli. Methods: Protein permeability and the ...

These findings indicate that intact alveolar epithelial fluid transport is critically important for a timely recovery from post-transplantation reperfusion pulmonary edema. Alveolar and distal airway ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an exercise and education programme designed to help people with lung disease in managing symptoms of chronic breathlessness. This document sets out standards that ...

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute diffuse inflammatory lung injury characterized by the damage of alveolar epithelial cells and pulmonary capillary endothelial cells. It is mainly ...

For most mammals, including humans, a rise in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is an early and inevitable consequence of ascent to high altitude. Resting mean PAP increases along a parabolic curve from ...