Sentences with phrase «lung inflammation called»

The use of this medication in cats has also been associated with a type of lung inflammation called pneumonitis.

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They discovered that in the young, more immune cells called monocytes were recruited to the lungs, and that the gene expression profiles of these cells had more inflammatory features, causing greater inflammation and more severe lung injury.

Specifically, the researchers found that a peptide, called STAT6 - IP, when delivered to the lungs of neonatal mice at the time of first RSV exposure reduces the development of allergic - type lung inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness («twitchy» airways) in mice when they are «re-challenged» with RSV as young adults.

«It was known that the epithelial cells which line the airways in the lungs produce a protein called thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) that causes inflammation.

Now, a multidisciplinary research team led by David Eckmann, MD, PhD, Horatio C. Wood Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and professor of Bioengineering in Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science, has found that when delivered by a microscopic transporter called a nanocarrier, steroids can access the hard - to - reach lung endothelial cells that need it most and are successful at preventing inflammation in mice.

Further research showed that a bacterial toxin called endotoxin was circulating in the bloodstream following this meal, causing inflammation and injury in the heart and lungs.

Untreated sleep apnea and stress can also contribute, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says, as may inflammation, indicated by high levels of a protein called C - reactive protein (CRP) in the blood, which is currently being studied more.

Aside from arthritis and spondylitis (the spine), psoriatic arthritis can cause inflammation in other organs, such as the eyes, lungs, and even the big blood vessel called the aorta.

Asthma is a chronic inflammation of the airways in your lungs, tiny pockets called alveoli where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged as you breathe.

However, the disease can also cause inflammation and injury to other organs of the body such as the skin, lungs, eyes, and blood vessels, hence, rheumatoid arthritis is sometimes called rheumatoid disease.