Synopsis of recent research by authors named "Eliana Mendes"
Eliana Mendes' recent research primarily focuses on the impact of environmental factors, such as smoking and e-cigarette use, on lung health and the respiratory microbiome, exploring both microbiome composition and inflammatory responses.!
Her studies have revealed significant changes in the lower respiratory tract microbiome among smokers, and identified airway inflammation and ion channel dysfunction associated with e-cigarette aerosols containing vegetable glycerin.!
Mendes has also investigated potential therapeutic interventions, showing that losartan can mitigate airway inflammation from cigarette smoke and examining the effects of alpha-1 antitrypsin augmentation therapy for pulmonary disease in affected individuals.!
