Researchers at National Jewish Health and colleagues have identified a mechanism involved in the formation of mucus plugs in ...

Accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) in liver fibrosis is associated with changes in protein abundance and composition depending upon etiology of the underlying liver disease. Current efforts to ...

If you have non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), your cancer might carry certain changes, or mutations, in your EGFR gene. Those changes make the protein made from this gene act in ways it shouldn’t.

EBMD is a disorder of the basal epithelial cells located in the front part of the cornea. These basal cells stick to the second membrane layer, also referred to as Bowman's layer. In EBMD, the basal ...

1INSERM U1015, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Bâtiment de Médecine Moléculaire, Villejuif, France. 10Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Université ...

Smoking—cigarettes, cigars, pipes, marijuana, and even electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes—can have a harmful effect on your entire body, but especially on your respiratory system. This includes ...

Stefan Ivanov, Lung Immunology ... of activated CD4 cells. IL-17 contributes to the accumulation of neutrophils and, under certain conditions, to the accumulation of macrophages in the ...

About 80% of people who have lung cancer have non-small-cell lung cancer. NSCLC usually spreads more slowly than small-cell lung cancers. Both cancers affect the lungs and have similar symptoms ...

Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) was conducted in Flow cytometer and analyzed in FlowJo software (FlowJo LLC) to determine the macrophage and lymphocyte populations. Cell staining and gating ...

TDEs block immune cells such as T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages ... metastasis, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and the angiogenesis of the lung cancer, ...