Are alveolar type 2 cells "oversaturated" in obesity and ARDS?

Avnee J Kumar^{1

2}, Mark L Hepokoski^{1

2}

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¹ Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, and Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States.

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Avnee J Kumar et al. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2025.

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. 2025 Nov 1;329(5):L612-L613.

doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00325.2025. Epub 2025 Oct 14.

Avnee J Kumar^{1

2}, Mark L Hepokoski^{1

2}

¹ Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, and Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, California, United States.

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High-fat diet obesity exacerbates acute lung injury-induced dysregulation of fatty acid oxidation in alveolar epithelial type 2 cells.
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