Fibrosis refers to the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix components in the
processes of wound repair or tissue regeneration after tissue damage. Fibrosis occurs in …

Macrophages play an important role in the innate and adaptive immune responses of organ
systems, including the lungs, to particles and pathogens. Cumulative results show that …

Fibroblasts are present throughout the body and function to maintain tissue homeostasis.
Recent studies have identified diverse fibroblast subsets in healthy and injured tissues,, but …

Post‐transcriptional gene silencing targets and degrades mRNA transcripts, silencing the
expression of specific genes. RNA interference technology, using synthetic structurally well …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, fibrosing interstitial lung
disease, characterised by progressive scarring of the lung and associated with a high …

The discovery of new drugs has important implications for human health. Traditional
methods for drug discovery rely on experiments to optimize the structure of lead molecules …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic interstitial lung disease characterized by an
abnormal reepithelialisation, an excessive tissue remodelling and a progressive fibrosis …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is an acute respiratory infectious disease
caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). COVID‐19 …

Sex differences in the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system have been widely
reported. These intrinsic sex differences have also been shown to modulate the …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal chronic interstitial lung disease with no
established treatment and is characterized by progressive scarring of the lung tissue and an …