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69 Citations
8,375 Views
17 Pages

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important opportunistic pathogen responsible for the cause of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. P. aeruginosa isthe leading species isolated from patients with nosocomial infection and is detected...

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17 Citations
6,540 Views
20 Pages

Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) are characterized by an inflammatory response, alveolar edema, and hypoxemia. ARDS occurs most often in the settings of pneumonia, sepsis, aspiration of gastric contents, or severe...

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  • Open Access
43 Citations
5,072 Views
21 Pages

MicroRNAs: Important Regulatory Molecules in Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  • Qianying Lu,
  • Sifan Yu,
  • Xiangyan Meng,
  • Mingyu Shi,
  • Siyu Huang,
  • Junfeng Li,
  • Jianfeng Zhang,
  • Yangfan Liang,
  • Mengjun Ji and
  • Haojun Fan
  • + 1 author

Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an overactivated inflammatory response caused by direct or indirect injuries that destroy lung parenchymal cells and dramatically reduce lung function. Although some research progr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,039 Views
25 Pages

2 June 2025

Invasive mechanical ventilation is a cornerstone therapy for supporting patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by relieving respiratory muscle strain and ensuring gas exchange. Despite its life-saving benefits, mechanical ventilatio...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,611 Views
22 Pages

17 September 2025

The concept of mechanical power (MP) has emerged as a comprehensive indicator of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). It integrates the effects of tidal volume, airway pressures, respiratory rate, and flow. However, applying MP as a universal thres...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
10,875 Views
14 Pages

9 July 2015

Enteral immunomodulatory nutrition is considered as a promising therapy for the treatment of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS). However, there are still some divergences, and it is unclear whether this treatment sho...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,451 Views
17 Pages

Natural Compounds Regulate Macrophage Polarization and Alleviate Inflammation Against ALI/ARDS

  • Zhenhuan Yin,
  • Ruizhe Song,
  • Tong Yu,
  • Yunmei Fu,
  • Yan Ding and
  • Hongguang Nie

29 January 2025

Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a pulmonary disease with high mortality associated with inflammation. During the development of ALI/ARDS, macrophages usually polarize toward M1 pro-inflammatory macrophages, promo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,721 Views
34 Pages

Glucocorticoid Treatment in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: An Overview on Mechanistic Insights and Clinical Benefit

  • Jinquan Zhang,
  • Peng Ge,
  • Jie Liu,
  • Yalan Luo,
  • Haoya Guo,
  • Guixin Zhang,
  • Caiming Xu and
  • Hailong Chen

Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS), triggered by various pathogenic factors inside and outside the lungs, leads to diffuse lung injury and can result in respiratory failure and death, which are typical clinical critical...

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388 Views
18 Pages

The CXCL12/CXCR4 Axis in Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential

  • Renwei Luo,
  • Qinglu Fan,
  • Qingyun Chen,
  • Zhihao Nie,
  • Lingxuan Dan and
  • Songping Xie

Sepsis remains a major cause of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), conditions characterized by high mortality and limited therapeutic options. Among the diverse inflammatory pathways implicated in their pathogenes...

  • Review
  • Open Access
67 Citations
7,421 Views
23 Pages

19 November 2020

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is an inducible stress protein that catalyzes the oxidative conversion of heme to carbon monoxide (CO), iron, and biliverdin (BV), the latter of which is converted to bilirubin (BR) by biliverdin reductase. HO-1 has been impli...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,742 Views
19 Pages

Patient-Self Inflicted Lung Injury (P-SILI): An Insight into the Pathophysiology of Lung Injury and Management

  • Himanshu Deshwal,
  • Ahmed Elkhapery,
  • Rudra Ramanathan,
  • Deepak Nair,
  • Isha Singh,
  • Ankur Sinha,
  • Rishik Vashisht and
  • Vikramjit Mukherjee

27 February 2025

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a heterogeneous group of disease entities that are associated with acute hypoxic respiratory failure and significant morbidity and mortality. With a better understanding and phenotyping of lung injury, no...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,270 Views
15 Pages

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been a major public health challenge worldwide. Owing to the emergence of novel viral variants, the risks of reinfections an...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,934 Views
17 Pages

What Is Different in Acute Hematologic Malignancy-Associated ARDS? An Overview of the Literature

  • Mihail Cotorogea-Simion,
  • Bogdan Pavel,
  • Sebastian Isac,
  • Teodora Telecan,
  • Irina-Mihaela Matache,
  • Anca Bobirca,
  • Florin-Teodor Bobirca,
  • Razvan Rababoc and
  • Gabriela Droc

3 September 2022

Background and Objectives: Acute hematologic malignancies are a group of heterogeneous blood diseases with a high mortality rate, mostly due to acute respiratory failure (ARF). Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one form of ARF which repre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,708 Views
18 Pages

Small Immunomodulatory Molecules as Potential Therapeutics in Experimental Murine Models of Acute Lung Injury (ALI)/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

  • Dilip Shah,
  • Pragnya Das,
  • Suchismita Acharya,
  • Beamon Agarwal,
  • Dale J. Christensen,
  • Stella M. Robertson and
  • Vineet Bhandari

Background: Acute lung injury (ALI) or its most advanced form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe inflammatory pulmonary process triggered by a variety of insults including sepsis, viral or bacterial pneumonia, and mechanical vent...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,862 Views
29 Pages

COVID-19 Lung Injury: Unique and Familiar Aspects of Pathophysiology

  • Stefan Hall,
  • Geraint Berger and
  • Christian Lehmann

27 November 2024

Acute lung injury (ALI), diagnosed clinically as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), refers to a spectrum of acute inflammatory processes culminating in increased permeability of the pulmonary alveolar–capillary barrier and impaired gas...

  • Communication
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4 Citations
2,213 Views
15 Pages

Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Inflammation and Tissue Injury in Patients with Postoperative Respiratory Failure after Lung Resection Surgery: A Nested Case–Control Study

  • Jay Kormish,
  • Tejas Ghuman,
  • Richard Y. Liu,
  • Sadeesh K. Srinathan,
  • Lawrence Tan,
  • Kristen Graham,
  • Stephanie Enns,
  • Gordon Buduhan,
  • Andrew J. Halayko and
  • Biniam Kidane
  • + 1 author

Thoracic surgeries involving resection of lung tissue pose a risk of severe postoperative pulmonary complications, including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and respiratory failure. Lung resections require one-lung ventilation (OLV) and, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,542 Views
12 Pages

Evaluation of Endocan as a Treatment for Acute Inflammatory Respiratory Failure

  • Maxence Hureau,
  • Lucie Portier,
  • Méline Prin,
  • Patricia de Nadai,
  • Joanne Balsamelli,
  • Anne Tsicopoulos,
  • Daniel Mathieu,
  • Philippe Lassalle,
  • Bogdan Grigoriu and
  • Nathalie De Freitas Caires
  • + 1 author

7 January 2023

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition resulting from acute pulmonary inflammation. However, no specific treatment for ARDS has yet been developed. Previous findings suggest that lung injuries related t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
8,585 Views
21 Pages

NETs Promote Inflammatory Injury by Activating cGAS-STING Pathway in Acute Lung Injury

  • Jie Zhao,
  • Ningxin Zhen,
  • Qichao Zhou,
  • Jian Lou,
  • Wei Cui,
  • Gensheng Zhang and
  • Baoping Tian

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) threatens the survival of critically ill patients, the mechanisms of which are still unclear. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) released by activated neutrophils play a critical role in inflammatory inju...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,936 Views
22 Pages

Effects of Hyperoxia and Hyperoxic Oscillations on the Proteome of Murine Lung Microvascular Endothelium

  • Akos Tiboldi,
  • Eva Hunyadi-Gulyas,
  • Peter Wohlrab,
  • Johannes A. Schmid,
  • Klaus Markstaller,
  • Klaus Ulrich Klein and
  • Verena Tretter

28 November 2022

Patients presenting with insufficient tissue oxygenation and impaired lung function as in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) frequently require mechanical ventilation with supplemental oxygen. Despite the lung being used to experiencing the h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,303 Views
17 Pages

Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-Products Promotes Activation of Alveolar Macrophages through the NLRP3 Inflammasome/TXNIP Axis in Acute Lung Injury

  • Woodys Lenga Ma Bonda,
  • Marianne Fournet,
  • Ruoyang Zhai,
  • Jean Lutz,
  • Raiko Blondonnet,
  • Céline Bourgne,
  • Charlotte Leclaire,
  • Cécile Saint-Béat,
  • Camille Theilliere and
  • Matthieu Jabaudon
  • + 5 authors

1 October 2022

The roles of thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) and receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE)-dependent mechanisms of NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome-driven macrophage activation during acute lu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4,169 Views
18 Pages

Ventilator-Associated Lung Injury: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies

  • Ana Costa,
  • Bintia Sakho,
  • Sangel Gomez,
  • Brandon Khanyan,
  • Pamella Leybengrub and
  • Sergio Bergese

28 October 2025

Mechanical ventilation is a critical intervention in patients who cannot spontaneously maintain adequate oxygenation and remove carbon dioxide. However, it can also lead to severe lung injury via volutrauma, barotrauma, atelectrauma and biotrauma, an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,783 Views
10 Pages

Club Cell Secretory Protein-16 (CC16) as a Prognostic Biomarker for COVID-19 and H1N1 Viral Infections

  • Shane Moore,
  • Keerthana Gopichandran,
  • Elizabeth Sevier,
  • Siddhika Gamare,
  • Sultan Almuntashiri,
  • Gustavo Ramírez,
  • Nora Regino,
  • Luis Jiménez-Alvarez,
  • Alfredo Cruz-Lagunas and
  • Duo Zhang
  • + 4 authors

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and H1N1 viruses are inflammatory lung pathogens that can lead to acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ALI/ARDS are still life-threatening diseases in cri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,666 Views
20 Pages

Human Placental Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Derived Extracellular Vesicles Ameliorate Lung Injury in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Murine Model

  • Paulius Valiukevičius,
  • Justinas Mačiulaitis,
  • Dalia Pangonytė,
  • Vitalija Siratavičiūtė,
  • Katarzyna Kluszczyńska,
  • Ugnė Kuzaitytė,
  • Rūta Insodaitė,
  • Ieva Čiapienė,
  • Ramunė Grigalevičiūtė and
  • Romaldas Mačiulaitis
  • + 2 authors

29 November 2023

This study investigates the therapeutic potential of human placental mesenchymal stem cells (P-MSCs) and their extracellular vesicles (EVs) in a murine model of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a condition with growing relevance due to its...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,167 Views
17 Pages

Resveratrol-Loaded Lipid-Core Nanocapsules Modulate Acute Lung Inflammation and Oxidative Imbalance Induced by LPS in Mice

  • Maria Talita Pacheco de Oliveira,
  • Diego de Sá Coutinho,
  • Sílvia Stanisçuaski Guterres,
  • Adriana Raffin Pohlmann,
  • Patrícia Machado Rodrigues e Silva,
  • Marco Aurélio Martins and
  • Andressa Bernardi

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are inflammatory and oxidative imbalance lung conditions with no successful pharmacological therapy and a high mortality rate. Resveratrol (RSV) is a plant-derived stilbene that p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,342 Views
19 Pages

Protective Effect of Low 2-O, 3-O Desulfated Heparin (ODSH) Against LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury in Mice

  • Joyce Gonzales,
  • Rahul S. Patil,
  • Thomas P. Kennedy,
  • Nagavedi S. Umapathy,
  • Rudolf Lucas and
  • Alexander D. Verin

26 August 2025

Background: Acute lung injury (ALI) and its severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), are critical conditions lacking effective pharmacologic therapies. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a bacterial endotoxin, is a well-established trigger of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,496 Views
20 Pages

Global Research Trends and Hotspots on Mitochondria in Acute Lung Injury from 2012–2021: A Bibliometric Analysis

  • Song Hu,
  • Wenyu Zhou,
  • Sheng Wang,
  • Zhuoran Xiao,
  • Quanfu Li,
  • Huanping Zhou,
  • Meiyun Liu,
  • Huimin Deng,
  • Juan Wei and
  • Xin Lv
  • + 2 authors

Background: Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical syndrome associated with mitochondria and lacks effective preventive and therapeutic measures. This bibliometric study aims to gain insight into the scientif...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,209 Views
26 Pages

Zinc-Dependent Histone Deacetylases in Lung Endothelial Pathobiology

  • Rahul S. Patil,
  • McKenzie E. Maloney,
  • Rudolf Lucas,
  • David J. R. Fulton,
  • Vijay Patel,
  • Zsolt Bagi,
  • Anita Kovacs-Kasa,
  • Laszlo Kovacs,
  • Yunchao Su and
  • Alexander D. Verin

23 January 2024

A monolayer of endothelial cells (ECs) lines the lumen of blood vessels and, as such, provides a semi-selective barrier between the blood and the interstitial space. Compromise of the lung EC barrier due to inflammatory or toxic events may result in...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,194 Views
12 Pages

Tunicamycin Protects against LPS-Induced Lung Injury

  • Khadeja-Tul Kubra,
  • Mohammad A. Uddin and
  • Nektarios Barabutis

24 January 2022

The pulmonary endothelium is a dynamic semipermeable barrier that orchestrates tissue-fluid homeostasis; regulating physiological and immunological responses. Endothelial abnormalities are caused by inflammatory stimuli interacting with intracellular...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
10,534 Views
16 Pages

26 October 2021

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening condition involving acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Mechanical ventilation remains the cornerstone of management for ARDS; however, potentially injurious mechanical forces introduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,052 Views
14 Pages

Comparisons of Outcomes between Patients with Direct and Indirect Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

  • Li-Chung Chiu,
  • Li-Pang Chuang,
  • Shih-Wei Lin,
  • Hsin-Hsien Li,
  • Shaw-Woei Leu,
  • Ko-Wei Chang,
  • Chi-Hsien Huang,
  • Tzu-Hsuan Chiu,
  • Huang-Pin Wu and
  • Kuo-Chin Kao
  • + 3 authors

22 August 2021

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a heterogeneous syndrome caused by direct (local damage to lung parenchyma) or indirect lung injury (insults from extrapulmonary sites with acute systemic inflammatory response), the clinical and biologic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Citations
10,619 Views
14 Pages

Emodin Ameliorates LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury, Involving the Inactivation of NF-κB in Mice

  • Min Xiao,
  • Tao Zhu,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Tao Wang,
  • Yong-Chun Shen,
  • Qiong-Fang Wan and
  • Fu-Qiang Wen

24 October 2014

Acute lung injury (ALI) and its severe manifestation of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are well-known illnesses. Uncontrolled and self-amplified pulmonary inflammation lies at the center of the pathology of this disease. Emodin, the bio-a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,380 Views
16 Pages

Advances in Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Treatment of ARDS

  • Ruiqi Ge,
  • Fengyun Wang and
  • Zhiyong Peng

24 October 2023

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common and fatal disease, characterized by lung inflammation, edema, poor oxygenation, and the need for mechanical ventilation, or even extracorporeal membrane oxygenation if the patient is unresponsive...

  • Review
  • Open Access
56 Citations
7,972 Views
28 Pages

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represents a current challenge for medicine due to its incidence, morbidity and mortality and, also, the absence of an optimal treatment. The COVID-19 outbreak only increased the urgent demand for an afforda...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
8,155 Views
16 Pages

Evaluation of LPS-Induced Acute Lung Injury Attenuation in Rats by Aminothiazole-Paeonol Derivatives

  • Pin-Kuei Fu,
  • Chi-Yu Yang,
  • Su-Chin Huang,
  • Yu-Wen Hung,
  • Kee-Ching Jeng,
  • Ying-Pei Huang,
  • Hong Chuang,
  • Nai-Chun Huang,
  • Jui-Ping Li and
  • Jen-Kun Chen
  • + 1 author

25 September 2017

Paeonol is a key phenolic compound in the root bark of Moutan Cortex Radicis that has been used in traditional Chinese Medicine to ameliorate inflammation. A series of aminothiazole-paeonol derivatives (APDs) were synthesized in this work and subject...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,011 Views
17 Pages

Adaptive Support Ventilation Attenuates Ventilator Induced Lung Injury: Human and Animal Study

  • Yu-Ling Dai,
  • Chin-Pyng Wu,
  • Gee-Gwo Yang,
  • Hung Chang,
  • Chung-Kan Peng and
  • Kun-Lun Huang

21 November 2019

Adaptive support ventilation (ASV) is a closed-loop ventilation, which can make automatic adjustments in tidal volume (VT) and respiratory rate based on the minimal work of breathing. The purpose of this research was to study whether ASV can provide...

  • Review
  • Open Access
762 Views
21 Pages

26 November 2025

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract contributes significantly to the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by influencing systemic inflammation and sepsis, which are key factors in the development of multiple organ dysfunction syndro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,048 Views
22 Pages

Background: Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a high-mortality disease strongly associated with an imbalance in the inflammatory response. The ratio of helper T 17 (Th17) cells to regulatory T (Treg) cells is significantly correlated with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,031 Views
14 Pages

Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) cause thousands of deaths every year and are associated with high mortality rates (~40%) due to the lack of efficient therapies. Understanding the molecular mechanisms associated...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,326 Views
16 Pages

Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Applications; Focus on Combined Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

  • Francesca Cappadona,
  • Elisa Costa,
  • Laura Mallia,
  • Filippo Sangregorio,
  • Lorenzo Nescis,
  • Valentina Zanetti,
  • Elisa Russo,
  • Stefania Bianzina,
  • Francesca Viazzi and
  • Pasquale Esposito

Lung-protective ventilation (LPV) with low tidal volumes can significantly increase the survival of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) by limiting ventilator-induced lung injuries. However, one of the main concerns regarding the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,735 Views
17 Pages

Functional Roles for CD26/DPP4 in Mediating Inflammatory Responses of Pulmonary Vascular Endothelial Cells

  • Yukiko Takahashi,
  • Takeshi Kawasaki,
  • Hironori Sato,
  • Yoshinori Hasegawa,
  • Steven M. Dudek,
  • Osamu Ohara,
  • Koichiro Tatsumi and
  • Takuji Suzuki

11 December 2021

Excessive inflammation in the lung is a primary cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) is a transmembrane protein that is expressed in various cell types and exerts multiple pleiotropic effects. We rec...

  • Review
  • Open Access
97 Citations
9,835 Views
44 Pages

20 February 2021

Severe COVID-19 is characterized by a “cytokine storm”, the mechanism of which is not yet understood. I propose that cytokine storms result from synergistic interactions among Toll-like receptors (TLR) and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-li...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
9,004 Views
23 Pages

First Stabilize and then Gradually Recruit: A Paradigm Shift in Protective Mechanical Ventilation for Acute Lung Injury

  • Gary F. Nieman,
  • David W. Kaczka,
  • Penny L. Andrews,
  • Auyon Ghosh,
  • Hassan Al-Khalisy,
  • Luigi Camporota,
  • Joshua Satalin,
  • Jacob Herrmann and
  • Nader M. Habashi

12 July 2023

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with a heterogeneous pattern of injury throughout the lung parenchyma that alters regional alveolar opening and collapse time constants. Such heterogeneity leads to atelectasis and repetitive a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,130 Views
11 Pages

CNP-miR146a Decreases Inflammation in Murine Acute Infectious Lung Injury

  • Alyssa E. Vaughn,
  • Tanner Lehmann,
  • Christina Sul,
  • Alison M. Wallbank,
  • Bailey D. Lyttle,
  • James Bardill,
  • Nana Burns,
  • Anisha Apte,
  • Eva S. Nozik and
  • Kenneth W. Liechty
  • + 3 authors

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has approximately 40% in-hospital mortality, and treatment is limited to supportive care. Pneumonia is the underlying etiology in many cases with unrestrained inflammation central to the pathophysiology. We...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,701 Views
15 Pages

Secretory Phospholipase A2-IIA Protein and mRNA Pools in Extracellular Vesicles of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid from Patients with Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A New Perception in the Dissemination of Inflammation?

  • Stylianos Papadopoulos,
  • Eleftheria Kazepidou,
  • Marianna H. Antonelou,
  • George Leondaritis,
  • Alexia Tsapinou,
  • Vasilios P. Koulouras,
  • Apostolos Avgeropoulos,
  • George Nakos and
  • Marilena E. Lekka

23 November 2020

Secretory phospholipase-IIA A2 (sPLA2-IIA) is expressed in a variety of cell types under inflammatory conditions. Its presence in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
21,443 Views
18 Pages

30 December 2022

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains an important clinical challenge with a mortality rate of 35–45%. It is being increasingly demonstrated that the improvement of outcomes requires a tailored, individualized approach to therapy,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,075 Views
29 Pages

Harpagide Confers Protection Against Acute Lung Injury Through Multi-Omics Dissection of Immune–Microenvironmental Crosstalk and Convergent Therapeutic Mechanisms

  • Hong Wang,
  • Jicheng Yang,
  • Yusheng Zhang,
  • Jie Wang,
  • Shaoqi Song,
  • Longhui Gao,
  • Mei Liu,
  • Zhiliang Chen and
  • Xianyu Li

4 October 2025

Background: Acute lung injury (ALI) and its severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), remain major causes of morbidity and mortality, yet no targeted pharmacological therapy is available. Excessive neutrophil and macrophage infiltratio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,160 Views
21 Pages

In Vivo Immune-Modulatory Activity of Lefamulin in an Influenza Virus A (H1N1) Infection Model in Mice

  • Susanne Paukner,
  • Sandra Kimber,
  • Charlotte Cumper,
  • Tina Rea-Davies,
  • Lorena Sueiro Ballesteros,
  • Christopher Kirkham,
  • Adam Hargreaves,
  • Steven P. Gelone,
  • Claire Richards and
  • Wolfgang W. Wicha

Lefamulin is a first-in-class systemic pleuromutilin antimicrobial and potent inhibitor of bacterial translation, and the most recent novel antimicrobial approved for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). It exhibits potent antibacteri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,919 Views
12 Pages

Effects of Ultralow-Tidal-Volume Ventilation under Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Porcine Model with Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury

  • Sung Yoon Lim,
  • Young-Jae Cho,
  • Dong Jung Kim,
  • Jun Sung Kim,
  • Sanghoon Jheon,
  • Jin Haeng Chung and
  • Jae Ho Lee

28 November 2020

Low-tidal-volume ventilation decreases mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients. This study investigated the effects of ultralow tidal ventilation under veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) support in pigs wit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
17,025 Views
24 Pages

22 July 2025

Increased epithelial and endothelial permeability, along with dysregulated inflammatory responses, are key aspects of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) pathophysiology, which not only impact the lungs but also contribute to detrimental organ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,406 Views
18 Pages

Efficiency of a Protective Mode of Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Complicated by Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  • Marta Rachel,
  • Svitlana Yaroslavska,
  • Konstiantyn Krenov,
  • Maryna Mamonowa,
  • Andriy Dobrorodniy and
  • Oleksandr Oliynyk

27 October 2025

Background/Objectives: Treatment of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major challenge in neurocritical care. The functional state of the brain largely depends on the applied ventilation strategy. Many patients develop acute respiratory di...

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