A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class ...

Activation of the Fas pathway increased protein permeability in mouse lungs and altered the expression of the TJ proteins occludin and zonula occludens-1 in the alveolar–capillary membrane in vivo and ...

If diffusion impairments persisted beyond 18-24 months, a combined Lung Diffusing Capacity for Nitric Oxide (DLNO) and DLCO assessment was performed to differentiate between alveolar membrane ...

Decreased plasma oncotic pressure (due to hypoproteinaemia), fluid overload, alterations in the permeability of the alveolar-capillary membrane (such as typically seen in acute respiratory distress ...

In a healthy lung, excess surfactant is cleared and digested by immune cells called alveolar macrophages. Alveolar macrophages need to be stimulated by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor ...

29,30 HPX-MRI enables the assessment of gas exchange at the alveolar-capillary membrane, providing an additional measure of functional deficit in COPD. Calculating the ratio of xenon-129 in the gas ...

Our hypothesis is that ACE inhibitors improve pulmonary function in chronic heart failure (CHF) by readjusting lung vessel tone and permeability or alveolar–capillary membrane diffusion. Conclusions ...

has been cited by the following article: TITLE: Modulation of the in vitro Oxidative Stress and Erythrocyte Cell Membrane Integrity Using Aqueous, Hydroethanolic and Ethanolic Stem-Barks Extracts of ...

Conclusions—Acute intravascular volume expansion impairs alveolar-capillary membrane function and increases airflow obstruction in patients with LVD but not in normal subjects. Thus, the abnormalities ...

They are also interfaced across a porous membrane with primary human lung ... This carefully engineered, immunologically active, alveolar-capillary interface also experiences cyclic mechanical ...

They are also interfaced across a porous membrane with primary human lung ... This carefully engineered, immunologically active, alveolar-capillary interface also experiences cyclic mechanical ...

Oxygen and carbon dioxide both need to pass through a thin layer in the lungs called the alveolar-capillary membrane. This is the layer between the small air sacs in the lung (the alveoli) and the ...