Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a devastating disease with distinct
pathological stages. Fundamental to ARDS is the acute onset of lung inflammation as a part …

Sepsis represents the host's systemic inflammatory response to a severe infection. It causes
substantial human morbidity resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths each year …

Acute myocardial infarction (MI) causes sterile inflammation, which is characterized by
recruitment and activation of innate and adaptive immune system cells. Here we delineate …

Sepsis is a serious clinical condition that represents a patient's response to a severe
infection and has a very high mortality rate. Normal immune and physiologic responses …

Inflammation is a natural host defense mechanism that protects the body from pathogenic
microorganisms. A growing body of research suggests that inflammation is a key factor in …

Macrophages (Mφ) undergo activation to pro-inflammatory (M1) or anti-inflammatory (M2)
phenotypes in response to pathophysiologic stimuli and dysregulation of the M1-M2 balance …

Introduction Severe sepsis is characterized by an initial hyper-inflammatory response that
may progress to an immune-suppressed state associated with increased susceptibility to …

Pathogenic inflammation and immuno-suppression are cardinal features of exhausted
monocytes increasingly recognized in septic patients and murine models of sepsis …

Building medical microrobots from the body's own cells may circumvent the biocompatibility
concern and hence presents more potential in clinical applications to improve the possibility …

Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a highly complex
process that can be triggered by both noninfectious (sterile) and infectious stimuli …