Imagine cells navigating through a complex maze, guided by chemical signals and the physical landscape of their environment.

The liver has a unique structure, especially at the level of individual cells. Hepatocytes, the main liver cells, release ...

Mapping a human cell gives researchers a view of subcellular architecture and sheds light on how cancer develops.

Life on Earth possesses an exceptional ability to self-reproduce, which, even on a simple cellular level, is driven by ...

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease of lung parenchymal scarring that is triggered by ...

Structure of the Alveoli Alveoli are the smallest structures ... TB bacteria multiply in the alveoli, so the disease can cause the destruction of alveolar cells. PAP usually occurs in adults ages 20 ...

Pulmonary emphysema is a chronic obstructive disease, resulting from important alterations in the whole distal structure of terminal bronchioles ... the cellular and molecular and autoimmune phenomena ...

The fourth and last stage of lung development requires the subdivision of the simple alveolar sacs present at birth into a complex structure containing ducts and multiple mature alveoli (Figure 1).

Bilateral "Ground-Glass" Appearance of Both Lung Fields, with the Minute Particles of Calcium Densely Demarcated in the Lung Structure ... body giant cells lying free within the alveolar spaces ...

It is particularly useful in situations where a precise and organized cell structure is needed for therapeutic purposes. Herein, the potential clinical application of alveolar bone cells is an ...

and single-cell RNA sequencing. "Our findings provide a novel and crucial mechanism for alveolar repair by these atypical macrophages," explains Coraline Radermecker. "We have detailed their ...