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Beneke, V., Küster, F., Neehus, A.L., Hesse, C., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Haake, K., Rafiei Hashtchin, A., Schott, J.W., Walter, D., Braun, A., Wolkers, W.F., Ackermann, M., Lachmann, N.: Sci Rep. 2018;8(1):16281. To access the full article, click here: Macrophages are key cells of the innate

Lugones, Y., Blanco, O., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Echaide, M., Cruz, A., Pérez-Gil, J.: PLoS ONE. 2018;13(9):e0204050. To access the full article, click here: Inactivation of pulmonary surfactant by different components such as serum, cholesterol or meconium contributes to severe respiratory pathologies through destabilization and collapse of airspaces. Recent

Mucci, A., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Hetzel, M., Liu, S., Suzuki, T., Happle, C., Ackermann, M., Kempf, H., Hillje, R., Kunkiel, J., Janosz, E., Brennig, S., Glage, S., Bankstahl, J.P., Dettmer, S., Rodt, T., Gohring, G., Trapnell, B., Hansen, G., Trapnell, C., Knudsen, L., Lachmann, N., Moritz, T.: Stem Cell Reports.

Knudsen, L., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Berndt, L., Steffen, L., Ruppert, C., Bates, J.H.T., Ochs, M., Smith, B.J.: Am J Resp Cell Mol. 2018;59(6):757-69. To access the full article, click here: Lung injury results in intratidal alveolar recruitment and derecruitment and alveolar collapse, creating stress concentrators

Steffen, L., Ruppert, C., Hoymann, H.G., Funke, M., Ebener, S., Kloth, C., Mühlfeld, C., Ochs, M., Knudsen, L., Lopez-Rodriguez, E.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2017;313(2):L313-27. To access the full article, click here: Bleomycin-induced lung injury leads to surfactant dysfunction and permanent loss of alveoli due to

Kling, K.M., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Pfarrer, C., Mühlfeld, C., Brandenberger, C.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2017;312(1):L1-L12. To access the full article, click here: Acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by hypoxemia, enhanced permeability of the air-blood barrier, and pulmonary edema. Particularly in the elderly, ALI is associated

Ebener, S., Barnowski, S., Wotzkow, C., Marti, T.M., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Crestani, B., Blank, F., Schmid, R.A., Geiser, T., Funke, M.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2017;312(1):L42-55 To access the full article, click here: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease with a median survival

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Pascual, A., Arroyo, R., Floros, J., Perez-Gil, J.: Biophys J. 2016;111(3):524-36. To access the full article, click here: Pulmonary surfactant is a lipoprotein complex that reduces surface tension to prevent alveolar collapse and contributes to the protection of the respiratory surface from the entry of

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Boden, C., Echaide, M., Perez-Gil, J., Kolb, M., Gauldie, J., Maus, U.A., Ochs, M., Knudsen, L.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2016;310(11):L1260-71. To access the full article, click here: Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is involved in regulation of cellular proliferation, differentiation, and fibrogenesis, inducing myofibroblast