Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive fibrotic interstitial pneumonia
with unknown causes. The incidence rate increases year by year and the prognosis is poor …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a prototype of chronic, progressive, and fibrotic lung disease.
Healthy tissue is replaced by altered extracellular matrix and alveolar architecture is …

The mode of acquisition and causes for the variable clinical spectrum of coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) remain unknown. We utilized a reverse genetics system to generate a …

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive disease
characterized by the aberrant accumulation of fibrotic tissue in the lungs parenchyma …

While the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has transformed the medical and
scientific communites since it was first reported in late 2019, we are only beginning to …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a prototype of lethal, chronic, progressive interstitial
lung disease of unknown etiology. Over the past decade, macrophage has been recognized …

The respiratory epithelium is lined by mucus, a gel consisting of water, ions, proteins, and
macromolecules. The major macromolecular components of mucus are the mucin …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease characterised by chronic,
progressive scarring of the lungs and the pathological hallmark of usual interstitial …

Chronic respiratory diseases are among the most common non-communicable diseases
worldwide, largely due to the ubiquity of noxious environmental, occupational, and …

Objectives Myofibroblasts are key effector cells in the extracellular matrix remodelling of
systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD); however, the diversity of …