title: The acute respiratory distress syndrome: from mechanism to translation.
abstract: The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a form of severe hypoxemic respiratory failure that is characterized by inflammatory injury to the alveolar capillary barrier, with extravasation of protein-rich edema fluid into the airspace. Although many modalities to treat ARDS have been investigated over the past several decades, supportive therapies remain the mainstay of treatment. In this article, we briefly review the definition, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of ARDS and present emerging aspects of ARDS pathophysiology that encompass modulators of the innate immune response, damage signals, and aberrant proteolysis that may serve as a foundation for future therapeutic targets.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213;
authors.forename: SeungHye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; and Medical Specialty Service Line, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240 mallampallirk@upmc.edu.
authors.forename: Rama K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Mallampalli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical