Journal
PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 469, Issue 1, Pages 135-147Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1917-3
Keywords
Lung; Inflammation; Asthma; COPD; ARDS; Tight junctions
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- Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-Wurttemberg [Az: 32-7533-6-10]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [DI1402/3-1, SFB1149/1.A05]
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Inflammatory lung diseases like asthma bronchiale, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and allergic airway inflammation are widespread public diseases that constitute an enormous burden to the health systems. Mainly classified as inflammatory diseases, the treatment focuses on strategies interfering with local inflammatory responses by the immune system. Inflammatory lung diseases predispose patients to severe lung failures like alveolar oedema, respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury. These life-threatening syndromes are caused by increased permeability of the alveolar and airway epithelium and exudate formation. However, the mechanism underlying epithelium barrier breakdown in the lung during inflammation is elusive. This review emphasises the role of the tight junction of the airway epithelium as the predominating structure conferring epithelial tightness and preventing exudate formation and the impact of inflammatory perturbations on their function.
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