supported by the National Institutes of Health grant HL 105947 and HL 155272 to Y.L.
Alveoli serve as the functional units of the lungs,responsible for the critical task of blood-gas exchange.Com-prising type I(AT1)and type II(AT2)cells,the alveolar epithelium is continuously subject to external aggre...
Dear Editor,The global pandemic COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected over 6.5 million individuals and claimed over 350,000 lives worldwide within six months.The respiratory epithelial cells covering the ai...
We report a case of nontraumatic fat embolism syndrome with large amounts of macrophages with phagocytized fat droplets in the alveoli.A 46‑year‑old male presented with a glass‑cut injury in his little finger.The woun...
Patients developing hemoptysis or pulmonary infiltrates together with glomerulonephritis, particu- larly the rapidly progressive cases, are considered to be pulmonary renal syndrome (PRS). The occur- rence of PRS, a...