A study by former Junior Associate Professor Kazuo Takayama, currently a professor of the Institute of Science Tokyo, ...

A new study supports the clinical utility of human nasal epithelial cultures as predictive biomarkers for cystic fibrosis CFTR modulator therapy.

Cigarette smoke has a greater impact on airway health than marijuana smoke or vaping, according to new research by UC Davis.

In contrast, physiological cell shedding allows the renewal of the epithelial monolayer without compromising the barrier function. Here, we investigated the role of live cell extrusion in epithelial ...

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, United States Oklahoma Center for Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Oklahoma State ...

Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China ...

Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, P. R. China Collaborative Innovation Center for ...

The human airway epithelium (bronchial and bronchiolar) is a pseudostratified columnar tissue that is composed of multiple epithelial cell sub-types such as basal cells, mucin-producing (goblet) cells ...

Airway epithelial cells are the primary site of rhinovirus replication and responsible of initiating the host immune response to infection. Numerous studies have reported that the anti-viral innate ...