The air over urban sites have much more complex chemical composition than we think. The complexity arises from the presence ...

Acute lung injury; CINC: Cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant; CXCR: CXC chemokine receptor; ENA: Epithelial cell-derived neutrophil-activating peptide; GRO-α: Growth-related protein-α.

Mayo Clinic researchers find that stem cells with the highest Myc expression become dominant in driving lung remodeling .

“I believe we've hit not only the cell of origin for lung adenocarcinoma, but also the pathway of origin,” says Kadara. This cancer originates in the epithelial cells that line the lung’s ...

The trachea has a number of adaptations: cartilage rings in the walls of the trachea help to keep it open ciliated epithelium and goblet cells ... the actual respiratory system. Structure ...

Gas exchange is a process that involves the swapping of gases that occurs at exchange surfaces such as the alveoli found within your lungs. Gas exchange allows oxygen to travel into your cells for ...