Lung cancer is an extremely aggressive disease that remains the most common cause of
cancer-related death in the world. However, to date the lack of functional models that truly …

Keratinocyte stem cells play a fundamental role in homeostasis and repair of stratified
epithelial tissues. Transplantation of cultured keratinocytes autografts provides a landmark …

Persistent air leaks caused by thoracic surgery, physical trauma, or spontaneous
pneumothoraces are a cause of patient morbidity with need for extended chest tube …

Purpose Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients experience hypoxemia
and lung tissue hypoxia, causing vasoconstriction, and at its most severe Cor pulmonale …

Cultured keratinocytes are desirable models for biological and medical studies. However,
primary keratinocytes are difficult to maintain, and there has been little research on lingual …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients experience variable symptoms dependent
on the presence of an emphysematous versus a chronic bronchitis phenotype. Both …

Decellularisation offers a broad range of biomimetic scaffolds of allogeneic and xenogeneic
origins, exhibiting innate tissue-specific characteristics. We explored a physico-chemical …

Dysfunction of type II alveolar cells due to deficiency in the lipid transporter protein, ATP-
binding cassette subfamily A member3 (ABCA-3), can cause lung disease in children. The …