These results suggest that the s-Cath and mini-BAL procedures cannot be used interchangeably for studying lung fluid composition during lung injury and that collection of lung oedema fluid should be performed with the same method.
Moreover, mice infected with the 1918 influenza virus or with a recent subtype H5N1 human isolate also show considerable similarities in overall lung cellularity, composition of lung immune cell subpopulation, and cellular immune temporal dynamics (4 ).
Measurements will include questionnaires, pulmonary function, low-dose CT scanning of the lung, body composition, 6 min walking distance and biomarkers in peripheral blood, sputum, urine, exhaled breath condensate, epithelial lining fluid, bronchial brushes and biopsies.
Conventional peroxidation does not completely explain the effects of alterations of lung fatty acid composition on both nitrogen dioxide and ozone toxicity.
Heavy metal toxicity can result in damaged or reduced mental and central nervous function, lower energy levels, and damage to blood composition, lungs, kidneys, liver, and other vital organs.
Falcon-Rodriguez, C. I., Osornio-Vargas, A. R., Sada-Ovalle, I. & Segura-Medina, P. Aeroparticles, composition, and lung diseases.
After the experiments, surfactant composition and lung edema were measured.
Intratumor heterogeneity reinforces the composition of lung cancer that changes for adapting to the environment.
This work provides the foundation for an improved understanding of polymicrobial CF airway colonization, the relationship between community structure, composition and lung function in CF patients and the influence of CFTR mutation on the airway microbiota.
10.7554/eLife.05098.023 Figure 7. Quantitative assessment of the composition of lung organoids.
