In a new role for an ion transporter, Na +-K +-Cl − cotransporter-1 may regulate the lung endothelial and epithelial barriers and consequently modulate the host response to pneumonia and sepsis.

These are separated by a thin membrane, so scientists can add microbes to the air and immune cells to the medium to study a tissue’s immune responses to infection. Ingber’s team only had access to ...

The team from Cancer Research UK's Manchester Institute says it has created a new in vitro model of lung squamous cell ...

which then persuades the epithelial cells of the lung to recruit neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that causes ...

To test their hypothesis, the team cultured human airway epithelial cells in their device ... "Its biological similarities let us study human lung defense, without causing harm to living beings ...