Epithelial cells line the body’s surfaces to protect against physical damage, pathogens, and dehydration. These cells play key roles in absorbing nutrients and removing waste products, as well as ...

Scientists hoping to discover better ways to boost immune function — which could lengthen our healthspan and protect immunocompromised patients — may have a new target, according to findings published ...

Lysine shows promise in acute lung injury by restoring lung repair mechanisms and improving survival. Learn more about this ...

Researchers suggest modulating intestinal microbiota or antigen-presenting activity of IECs represents new approaches to treating autoimmune neurological disease.

Despite a wealth of available treatments to control the symptoms of chronic asthma, the lung disease has no cure. The discovery of an unexpected cause of asthma could change that. A glitch in the ...