WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2022 – Alveoli are the basic functional units of the human respiratory system, acting as tiny air sacs that exchange gases. Air inhaled through the mouth and nose flows into the ...

Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München, a partner in the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), have observed that the immunoproteasome inhibits the repair function of alveolar macrophages. This ...

Akihiko Kawana, Sumie Shioya, Hirokazu Katoh, Chizuko Tsuji, Masayuki Tsuda and Yasuyo Ohta We investigated the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and lymphocyte ...