This week’s articles describe a way to treat or prevent pulmonary distress and a way to boost treatments against anemia.
ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY
Protecting the lungs with irisin
Chen et al. describe how the myokine irisin protects the lungs from ischemic damage by promoting mitochondrial function in response to oxidative stress.
ANEMIA
The body’s stop-gap solution for anemia
Mayer et al. show that activating an arginine vasopressin receptor jump-starts the replenishment of red blood cells in animal models of anemia treated with erythropoietin.