Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is the third leading cause of death worldwide. Yet despite its prevalence, the disease is not well understood on a cellular level. New Yale research has provided an unprecedented atlas of the cells in the COPD-afflicted lung, identifying those cells and pathways that may contribute to the reduced lung...
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Researchers create cellular blueprint of healthy lungs
by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Credit: Michael S. Helfenbein The primary function of the lung is to facilitate transfer of oxygen to the blood stream. Crucial to this lifegiving task are endothelial cells, which line blood vessels permeating the lung and through which gas exchange occurs. Malfunction of these cells is implicated in a range of...