Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disorder in which lipoproteinaceous material accumulates within alveoli. 1 The clinical course of the disease is variable, ranging from respiratory failure ...

Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis affects about 7 of every 1 million people. It typically affects adults aged 30 to 40 years, but children can get it as well. This disease affects two to ...

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is caused by defective signaling by the GM-CSF receptor, usually owing to a genetic deficiency that results in the diminished expression or function of the α or ...

Sachdeva first tried the standard treatment for PAP, lung lavage, where doctors wash out the patient's lung sacs under general anesthesia. It seemed to work, as Figgins married the love of his ...

Albeit alveolar echinococcosis is an uncommon disease, its presentation can be very serious, leading to a case fatality rate of 50% or greater in symptomatic cases.

Researchers have found that antigen-specific killer T cells (CD8+ T cells) rapidly expand in the lungs when primed by antigen-presenting lung-resident alveolar macrophages (AMs). This interaction ...

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood and is broadly divided into two main subgroups—alveolar (ARMS) and embryonal (ERMS)—on the basis of morphological ...

Authors' Disclosures of Potential Conflicts of Interest Survival With Persistent Metastatic Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this ...

We therefore want to understand how pollution affects this specific and very delicate body part. The alveolar epithelium is made up of several different types of cells, each with a specific job.