Alveolar macrophages in tissue homeostasis, inflammation, and infection: evolving concepts of therapeutic targeting

C Malainou, SM Abdin, N Lachmann, U Matt… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2023‏ - jci.org
Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are the sentinel cells of the alveolar space, maintaining
homeostasis, fending off pathogens, and controlling lung inflammation. During acute lung …

The pathogenesis and treatment of theCytokine Storm'in COVID-19

Q Ye, B Wang, J Mao - Journal of infection, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Cytokine storm is a general term applied to maladaptive cytokine release in response to
infection and other stimuli. The pathogenesis is complex but includes loss of regulatory …

Update on the features and measurements of experimental acute lung injury in animals: an official American Thoracic Society workshop report

HS Kulkarni, JS Lee, JA Bastarache… - American journal of …, 2022‏ - atsjournals.org
Advancements in methods, technology, and our understanding of the pathobiology of lung
injury have created the need to update the definition of experimental acute lung injury (ALI) …

Diversity of macrophages in lung homeostasis and diseases

F Hou, K **ao, L Tang, L **e - Frontiers in immunology, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Lung macrophages play important roles in the maintenance of homeostasis, pathogen
clearance and immune regulation. The different types of pulmonary macrophages and their …

Pathogenic human coronavirus infections: causes and consequences of cytokine storm and immunopathology

R Channappanavar, S Perlman - Seminars in immunopathology, 2017‏ - Springer
Human coronaviruses (hCoVs) can be divided into low pathogenic and highly pathogenic
coronaviruses. The low pathogenic CoVs infect the upper respiratory tract and cause mild …

Plant-derived exosomal microRNAs inhibit lung inflammation induced by exosomes SARS-CoV-2 Nsp12

Y Teng, F Xu, X Zhang, J Mu, M Sayed, X Hu, C Lei… - Molecular Therapy, 2021‏ - cell.com
Lung inflammation is a hallmark of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In this study, we
show that mice develop inflamed lung tissue after being administered exosomes released …

[HTML][HTML] The mechanism behind influenza virus cytokine storm

Y Gu, X Zuo, S Zhang, Z Ouyang, S Jiang, F Wang… - Viruses, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Influenza viruses are still a serious threat to human health. Cytokines are essential for cell-to-
cell communication and viral clearance in the immune system, but excessive cytokines can …

Macrophages: Their role, activation and polarization in pulmonary diseases

S Arora, K Dev, B Agarwal, P Das, MA Syed - Immunobiology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Macrophages, circulating in the blood or concatenated into different organs and tissues
constitute the first barrier against any disease. They are foremost controllers of both innate …

[HTML][HTML] Type I interferons in infectious disease

F McNab, K Mayer-Barber, A Sher, A Wack… - Nature Reviews …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Type I interferons (IFNs) have diverse effects on innate and adaptive immune cells during
infection with viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi, directly and/or indirectly through the …

Host-directed antiviral therapy

N Kumar, S Sharma, R Kumar, BN Tripathi… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020‏ - journals.asm.org
Antiviral drugs have traditionally been developed by directly targeting essential viral
components. However, this strategy often fails due to the rapid generation of drug-resistant …