Publications

Knudsen, L., Lopez-Rodriguez, E., Berndt, L., Steffen, L., Ruppert, C., Bates, J.H.T., Ochs, M., Smith, B.J.: Am J Resp Cell Mol. 2018;59(6):757-69. To access the full article, click here: Lung injury results in intratidal alveolar recruitment and derecruitment and alveolar collapse, creating stress concentrators

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