The researchers found that "ever" smokers, in contrast to "never" smokers, had upregulated ANO1 expression in airway epithelial cells. Similarly, airway epithelial cells in a bronchoalveolar ...

A fundamental challenge for cystic fibrosis (CF) gene therapy is ensuring sufficient transduction of airway epithelial cells to achieve therapeutic correction. Vehicles such as lysophosphatidylcholine ...

Airway epithelial cells act as a physical barrier against environmental toxins and injury, and modulate inflammation and the immune response. As such, maintenance of their integrity is critical.

"We didn't measure the chemicals that come out of cigarettes or marijuana, we measured the responses of the airway epithelial cells, as well as some systemic responses," said pulmonologist ...

This study introduces a novel mechanism to explain how increased VPD can affect airway epithelial cells. Researchers observed how airway mucus, a dilute hydrogel composed of salts, globular ...

Two recent studies from The Institute suggest that cannabis vapour may have adverse effects on lung cellsIs vaping cannabis ...

Epithelial cells are packed tightly together and serve as a barrier between the interior and the exterior of your body. You have countless epithelial cells throughout your body that make up what ...