The Respiratory Report Articles

Jaime Hook, MD, from Mount Sinai's research aims to develop new therapeutic approaches for influenza lung infection that protect against fatal SA coinfection.

Divay Chandra, MD, MSc, University of Pittsburgh, is evaluating whether higher circulating lithium levels are associated with emphysema in a new study.

Peter Miller, MD, PhD, from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, is working to further uncover the role of clonal hematopoeisis in COPD.

In this summary, we highlight the latest issue of our pulmonology research quarterly newsletter powered by the American Lung Association Research Institute.

Exploring mucus plugging in severe asthma, focusing on small airway dysfunction, MUC5AC expression, and epithelial heterogeneity using advanced methods.

The importance of AT2 cells in repairing injured alveoli and maintaining alveoli number and lumen size suggests that COPD therapies may be implemented to improve AT2 cell biology and/or increase AT2 cell numbers.

Pilot study tests duloxetine’s feasibility for depression in COPD, examining patient/physician attitudes, treatment barriers, and therapy effects.

The RECEIVE study develops tools to standardize returning chest CT results in the Lung Health Cohort, improving engagement and ethical practices.

People living with HP generally experience a profound lack of knowledge about their disease, driving poorer health-related quality of life. A study sought to create educational resources to curb this effect.

Wilson details how her team plans to develop risk assessment models to estimate respiratory viral infection risk reductions for interventions in elementary schools.

Interim results of the LUCID-IMHO study provide insights into the microbiome dynamics of critically ill patients with VAP.