Children treated with mepolizumab during asthma flare-ups showed a significant reduction in eosinophil-driven type 2 (T2) ...

COPD study links increased alveolar macrophage carbon to worse lung function, inflammation, and altered cell phenotype.

There are many things we’ve learned from studying the ancient Egyptians. One especially fascinating discovery was evidence of ...

The triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) plays a pivotal role in the activation of myeloid cells and is ...

Trained immunity - a process being explored in vaccine and therapy development to boost immune defences - appears be ...

Glucan-mediated trained immunity activates alveolar macrophages which exacerbates acute lung injury induced by LPS.

Adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) plays a critical role in immune regulation, particularly in monocyte differentiation and ...

“This research shows that people with COPD seem to gather a lot more carbon in their lung cells. These cells also look and ...

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Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood cells that defend the body by killing microbes, removing dead cells and ...

Serious chronic lung fibrosis like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is marked by increasing difficulty to breathe. The UAB researchers showed that TREM2 — which stands for triggering receptors expressed ...