BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – 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, ...

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 ...

Liu’s study, “TREM2 promotes lung fibrosis via controlling alveolar macrophage survival and pro-fibrotic activity,” explores the effects of the TREM2 molecule on the lungs. Liu and his team aim to ...

Preclinical studies indicate that cavity-resident macrophages in the peritoneal and pleural spaces contribute to immunosuppression and cancer progression. While these macrophages typically accumulate ...

Severe covid and flu infections may raise the risk of developing lung cancer years later, researchers at the University of ...

A rare cell type in the lungs is essential to survival from the COVID-19 virus, a new study shows. Experiments in mice infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus revealed that the immune cell class in ...

Eating more high-fat (HF) foods was associated with asthma-like lung inflammation, based on new data from a mouse model followed by testing on human lung tissue. Previous research has shown an ...