Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an aging-associated lung disease of
unknown etiology with limited effective treatment, characterized by accumulation of senescence …

Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive lung disease characterized
by the accumulation of myofibroblast, leading to respiratory failure and death. Members of …

… Marc Kaestle* & Sabine Bartel*,†, Kerstin Geillinger-Kästle … Marc Kaestle and Sabine
Bartel contributed equally to this study …

Introduction: Protein mediators driving aberrant wound healing in respiratory epithelium and
matrix deposition in interstitium in interstitial lung disease (ILD) are poorly characterized. A …

In vivo micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) of mice and rats has become a valuable
research tool in preclinical studies. Alone or in conjunction with a small animal mechanical …

Background: Steroids are a mainstay of asthma therapy. Nevertheless, specific asthma sub-groups
are poorly controlled by inhaled corticosteroids through mechanisms that remain …

Background: Tregs are important for immune tolerance. They ameliorate experimental allergic
airway disease in an IL-10 dependent manner (Kearley et al.; JEM, 2005). The latter is …

The United States is at a crucial moment in the history of literacy, a time when how well
Americans read is the subject of newspaper headlines. In this insightful book, Carl F. Kaestle and …

… A full list of the 33 responн dents, plus the report on the larger project, is found in Kaestle,
1992. Full transcripts are curн rently being completed; these, with the origiн nal tape recordings…

… Additional funds for research and editorial assistance for this volume were provided by
grants awarded to Carl Kaestle by Kathryn Spoehrand Mary Fennell, successive deans of the …