Highlights•Intact elastin is required for normal lung function.•High-resolution ECM
visualization assists in elastin imaging.•Improved lung imaging and modeling enhance ECM …

Rationale: The role of IL-13 on the airway epithelium in severe asthma leading to airway
remodeling remains poorly understood. Objectives: To study IL-13–induced airway …

Background and objective Cement dust exposure is likely to affect the structural and
functional alterations in segmental airways and parenchymal lungs. This study develops an …

Exposure to cement dust can cause respiratory problems and structural changes in
respiratory airways. Computed tomography (CT) has shown that the airways of individuals …

Rationale: The increase in the incidence and the diagnostic limitations of pneumoconiosis
have emerged as a public health concern. This study aimed to conduct a computed …

Objective: Respiratory diseases are often accompanied by alterations to airway morphology.
However, inhalation dosimetry data in remodeled airways are scarce due to the challenges …

Cement dust is a primary contributor to air pollution and is responsible for causing numerous
respiratory diseases. The impact of cement dust exposure on the respiratory health of …

Cement dust exposure (CDE) can be a risk factor for pulmonary disease, causing changes
in segmental airways and parenchymal lungs. This study investigates longitudinal …

Background The clinical and radiological presentation of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is heterogenous depending on the characterized sources of inflammation …

Asides direct gastrointestinal exposure, inhalation route is another major xenobiotic
exposure pathway to the gastrointestinal tract via mucociliary escalator. This triphasic study …