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

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 ...

Monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages, or Mo-AMs, have been identified as key drivers of lung fibrosis disease, but the mechanisms of their pro-fibrotic behavior and survival in the lungs remained ...

Therefore, it is particularly important to explore new therapeutic strategies. Recent research into the mechanisms underlying pulmonary fibrosis has identified alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) as key ...