Publications

Steffen, L., Ruppert, C., Hoymann, H.G., Funke, M., Ebener, S., Kloth, C., Mühlfeld, C., Ochs, M., Knudsen, L., Lopez-Rodriguez, E.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2017;313(2):L313-27. To access the full article, click here: Bleomycin-induced lung injury leads to surfactant dysfunction and permanent loss of alveoli due to

Kling, K.M., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Pfarrer, C., Mühlfeld, C., Brandenberger, C.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2017;312(1):L1-L12. To access the full article, click here: Acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by hypoxemia, enhanced permeability of the air-blood barrier, and pulmonary edema. Particularly in the elderly, ALI is associated

Ebener, S., Barnowski, S., Wotzkow, C., Marti, T.M., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Crestani, B., Blank, F., Schmid, R.A., Geiser, T., Funke, M.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2017;312(1):L42-55 To access the full article, click here: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease with a median survival

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Gay-Jordi, G., Mucci, A., Lachmann, N., Serrano-Mollar, A.: Cell Tissue Res. 2017;367(3):721-35. To have more information about this article, contact us: Lung surfactant is a complex mixture of lipids and proteins lining the alveolar epithelium. At the air–liquid interface, surfactant lowers surface tension, avoiding

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Pascual, A., Arroyo, R., Floros, J., Perez-Gil, J.: Biophys J. 2016;111(3):524-36. To access the full article, click here: Pulmonary surfactant is a lipoprotein complex that reduces surface tension to prevent alveolar collapse and contributes to the protection of the respiratory surface from the entry of

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Boden, C., Echaide, M., Perez-Gil, J., Kolb, M., Gauldie, J., Maus, U.A., Ochs, M., Knudsen, L.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2016;310(11):L1260-71. To access the full article, click here: Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is involved in regulation of cellular proliferation, differentiation, and fibrogenesis, inducing myofibroblast

Birkelbach, B., Lutz, D., Ruppert, C., Henneke, I., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Günther, A., Ochs, M., Mahavadi, P., Knudsen, L.: Am J Physiol-Lung C. 2015;309(1):L63-75 To access the full article, click here: Chronic injury of alveolar epithelial type II cells (AE2 cells) represents a key event in the development

Lutz, D., Gazdhar, A., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Ruppert, C., Mahavadi, P., Günther, A., Klepetko, W., Bates, J.H., Smith, B., Geiser, T., Ochs, M., Knudsen, L.: Am J Resp Cell Mol. 2015;52(2):232-43. To access the full article, click here: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis are

Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Pérez-Gil, J.: BBA-Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014;1838(6):1568-85. To access the full article, click here: Pulmonary surfactant is an essential lipid–protein complex to maintain an operative respiratory surface at the mammalian lungs. It reduces surface tension at the alveolar air–liquid interface to stabilise the lungs