Individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more vulnerable than healthy controls to ...

Multiciliated epithelial cells are the main site for SARS-CoV-2 replication and shedding in nasal respiratory epithelium (A) Schematic image depicting relative levels and tissue distributions of ...

Thus, much of the increase in cell number at steady state occurs in the TA population. More distally in the bronchioles, the epithelium changes to a simple ciliated, columnar epithelium with ...

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.