Epithelial cells line the body’s surfaces to protect against physical damage, pathogens, and dehydration. These cells play key roles in absorbing nutrients and removing waste products, as well as ...

Many liver diseases share a common characteristic: fibrosis, that is, the progressive accumulation of scarring in the liver ...

An international study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers identifies a lung cell specific means of modulating and ...

Non-immune cells play a crucial and often underappreciated role in host defense against invading pathogens. Beyond serving as passive physical barriers, ...

Objective Macrophages and kidney cell pyroptosis/ferroptosis could play an important role in the pathogenesis of lupus ...

Human lung epithelial cell lines and repeated intranasal protein exposure in mice served as the experimental systems, with early activation tracked through IL-33 release, MAPK phosphorylation, and ...