Environmental cadmium is associated with a higher risk of development of small airway diseases like COPD and Asthma, however, the mechanism by which this happens remains unclear. Surolia’s laboratory ...

To aid in assessing the impact of chemicals and drugs on cilia function in the small airway epithelium, the lung cilia beat frequency analysis in vitro assay is the ideal option. Using the ...

The surface area of the small airways is vast (Fig. 1), which means it is possible for a large proportion of functional lung tissue to be destroyed before the disease becomes symptomatic.