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The study of small airway diseases such as post-transplant bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is hampered by the difficulty in assessing peripheral airway

A lung function study carried out by Dr Shannon Simpson provided the most comprehensive follow-up of very pre-term children of any study so far carried out on the lung health of this vulnerable group.

Anthony Belinda Ingrid Kicic Hales Laing BSc (Hons) PhD BSc (Hons) PhD BSc PhD Rothwell Family Fellow; Head, Airway Epithelial Research Senior

The findings from this study show that in children with asthma this protective barrier is different from children without asthma.

Strep A causes over 775 million infections each year world-wide, including over 615 million cases of tonsil infection (Strep throat).

We have been studying the importance of the epithelial cells lining the airways in the nose and lungs.

Our findings indicate that COPD, cigarette smoke and macrolide antibiotics potentiate the susceptibility to persistent intracellular NTHi

In this translational review, the mechanisms, roles, and impact of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in chronic lung diseases are discussed

Here we examine the latest findings of neutrophils in pediatric CF lung disease and proposed mechanisms of their pathogenicity

Exposure to biodiesel exhaust resulted in significantly greater cell death and a greater release of immune mediators compared to both air controls and ULSD exhaust