PF pathogenesis involves alveolar epithelial cell injury, profibrotic mediators, and dysregulated non-coding RNAs, complicating disease management. Current treatments, including pirfenidone and ...

The most common type of lung fibrosis—scarring of the lungs—is idiopathic, meaning of unknown cause. Researchers are urgently trying to find ways to prevent or slow idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) ...

A discovery offers new hope in the battle against pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung condition that progressively makes it harder for patients to breathe. Scientists have pinpointed proteins in ...

If you have scarring in your lungs, you may have been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. When the reason for this scarring is unknown, your condition is called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). You ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to deliver oxygen to the body. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco have ...

The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the U.S. five years ago this month, leaving not only lingering mental health effects but also long-term physical symptoms. One of those included a condition known as ...