News tagged with airway epithelial

Researchers identify another potential biomarker

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated that a recently discovered class of molecule called microRNA (miRNAs), regulate the gene expression changes in airway cells that occur with smoking ...

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Gatekeepers: Study discovers how microbes make it past tight spaces between cells

There are ten microbial cells for every one human cell in the body, and microbiology dogma holds that there is a tight barrier protecting the inside of the body from outside invaders, in this case bacteria. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cigarette smoking increases production of mucus in patients with bronchitis

Cigarette smoking has been linked with overproduction of mucus associated with chronic bronchitis, according to a study conducted by researchers in New Mexico. The study indicates cigarette smoke suppresses a protein that ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Researchers investigate cellular mechanisms leading to immune response in airway epithelium

Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated that commensal species of the genus Neisseriae are low inducers of human airway epithelial cell responses as compared to the pathogenic specie ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cystic fibrosis gene typo is a double whammy

An imbalance of salt and water in patients with cystic fibrosis makes their lungs clog up with sticky mucus that is prone to infection. The cause of the offending imbalance is a well-known genetic error, one that blocks the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

At last, a living model for an important body channel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ion channels provide a way for key molecules to cross into cells, are the means for many swift physical reactions and regulate the movement of fluid across internal cavities in our bodies. When chloride ions ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Childhood asthma explained with gene mapping

An international research team, including researchers from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, has found six gene variants that can explain nearly 40 percent of all cases of asthma in children. The findings, presented in top-ranked ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bioartificial lungs transplanted into rats (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in the US have grown lungs in their laboratory and transplanted them into rats. The transplanted lungs functioned for up to six hours. The current work follows independent research ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Stem cells restore tissue affected by ALI

Human stem cells administered intravenously can restore alveolar epithelial tissue to a normal function in a novel ex vivo perfused human lung after E. coli endotoxin-induced acute lung injury (ALI), according to research ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover new approach for identifying smokers at highest risk for developing lung cancer

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with investigators at the University of Utah, have discovered a new approach for identifying smokers at the highest risk for developing lung cancer. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infection

Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that tuberculosis bacteria use to coerce disease-fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf. Epithelial cells line the airways and other surfaces ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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