ATS Blue Journal

📣 Call for Papers! 📣 Looking for articles with a focus on asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and bronchiectasis 📅 Deadline: May 1, 2026 🔬 Learn More: tinyurl.com/ypstxcfa 🖱️ Submit here: tinyurl.com/3h7dmm2x @atscommunity

Mucus plugs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are heterogeneous in size and shape and occur in relatively large airways @atscommunity 🔓Open Access 🔗 tinyurl.com/284kje22

Mucus Plugs-associated Gene Expression Identifies Pathophysiology Shared with Chronic Bronchitis Mucus plugging gene changes hint at similarities and differences with chronic bronchitis and the potential to assess mucus plug risk @BUMedicine 🔗 tinyurl.com/wz8e2u6j

Thanks to Leonard Christian, MSc, for his contribution to the February issue Spatial Transcriptomics Uncovers Hybrid, Pro-Inflammatory and Pro-Fibrotic Cellular Niches in Pulmonary Granuloma of Patients with Chronic Sarcoidosis @jonas_schupp academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article…

The Blue Journal thanks Pedro Mondejar-Lopez, MD, for his contribution to the February issue Elexacaftor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor for Cystic Fibrosis and Rare CFTR Variants @pmondejarlopez @Murciasalud @AreaUnoArrixaca academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article…

Effect of dupilumab on mucus burden in patients with moderate-to-severe asthma: the VESTIGE trial @atscommunity 🔓 Open Access 🔗 tinyurl.com/3dnzuur8

Mucus Plugs Correlate with Small Airway Remodeling in Asthma: A Case–Control Study The authors show that mucus plugs in the small airways link to airway remodeling in asthma, highlighting a target for therapy @atscommunity 🔗 tinyurl.com/2p9u6tmw

Mucus Plugs Correlate with Small Airway Remodeling in Asthma: A Case–Control Study The authors show that mucus plugs in the small airways link to airway remodeling in asthma, highlighting a target for therapy @atscommunity 🔗 tinyurl.com/2p9u6tmw

When you can't hire the best and the brightest, how does that affect public health? ATS Past-President Lynn Schnapp, MD, ATSF, explains that the impact of the current administration's immigration policies will be felt for years to come. Watch the full episode now or tune in wherever you listen to podcasts: youtu.be/MhPXB8ekDfs

The Blue Journal thanks Katherine Winner, BA, for her contribution to the February issue Anti-Anaerobic Antibiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Sepsis-associated Acute Kidney Injury academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article…

The Blue Journal thanks Omar Farooqui, MD, for his contribution to the February issue Mucus Plugs in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Are Heterogeneous in Size and Shape and Occur in Relatively Large Airways academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article…

Airway epithelial heterogeneity and mucus plugging in asthmatic bronchioles @atscommunity 🔗 tinyurl.com/yjf3ac3s

Plugging the gap: understanding mucus plugs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease @atscommunity 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr46p7p3

📰 AJRCCM in the News Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds @OUPAcademic theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

The Blue Journal thanks Whitney Souery, BS, for her contribution to the February issue Mucus Plugs-associated Gene Expression Identifies Pathophysiology Shared with Chronic Bronchitis @BUMedicine academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article…

The Blue Journal thanks Aileen Hsieh, PhD, for her contribution to the February issue Mucus Plugs Correlate with Small Airway Remodeling in Asthma: A Case-Control Study academic.oup.com/ajrccm/article…

Molecular echoes of mucus plugging in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease @atscommunity 🔗 tinyurl.com/yyckymwt

Progress in treating mucus plugs in asthma @atscommunity 🔓Open Access 🔗 tinyurl.com/mbv7dde2

Mucus plugs and remodeling in the small airways: considerations for complex airway behavior and instability in asthma @atscommunity 🔓 Open Access 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdhnrdvj

When asthmatic distal airways lose their identity: a new mechanism of mucus plugs pathogenesis @atscommunity 🔗 tinyurl.com/yrtzc5jr

Burnout is an increasing pressing issue, and not just with early-career or senior faculty. @KMonty_MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and @jdensonMD, Tulane University, discuss the quiet struggle of dealing with burnout as mid-career professionals on the ATS Breathe Easy podcast. Watch the full episode now or tune in wherever you listen to podcasts: youtu.be/SGN7oeCAP4o